Summary
The remote host is missing an update to abiword
announced via advisory DSA 894-1.
Chris Evans discoverd several buffer overflows in the RTF import mechanism of AbiWord, a WYSIWYG word processor based on GTK 2.
Opening a specially crafted RTF file could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
For the old stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 1.0.2+cvs.2002.06.05-1woody3.
Solution
For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 2.2.7-3sarge2.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 2.2.10-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your abiword package.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20894-1
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2005-2964, CVE-2005-2972 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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