Summary
The remote host is missing an update as announced
via advisory SSA:2005-310-02.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=SSA:2005-310-02
Insight
New KOffice packages are available for Slackware 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, and -current to fix a security issue with KWord. A buffer overflow in the RTF import functionality could result in the execution of arbitrary code.
More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2971
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2005-2971 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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