Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200509-20.
Solution
All AbiWord users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-office/abiword-2.2.10'
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200509-20 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107351
Insight
AbiWord is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow during RTF import, making it vulnerable to the execution of arbitrary code.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2005-2964 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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