GLSA-200509-02 : Gnumeric: Heap overflow in the included PCRE library

NASLDB: GLSA-200509-02 : Gnumeric: Heap overflow in the included PCRE library

General

ID: 19577
Name: GLSA-200509-02 : Gnumeric: Heap overflow in the included PCRE library

Summary: Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg

Credits: –

Classification

Risk: –

CVSS: –
CVSS Base Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Temporal Vector: –

Port: 0
Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks
Type: Local

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200509-02
(Gnumeric: Heap overflow in the included PCRE library)

Gnumeric contains a private copy of libpcre which is subject to an
integer overflow leading to a heap overflow (see GLSA 200508-17).

Impact :

An attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability by
tricking a user into opening a specially crafted spreadsheet, which
could lead to the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of
the user running Gnumeric.

Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Exploiting

Exploit Available: –
Exploitability Ease: –

Sources

CVE: CVE-2005-2491
OSVDB: –
Bugtraq: –
scipID: –

Timeline

Vulnerability Disclosure: 2005/08/20
Patch Release: 2005/09/03
Plugin Release: 2005/09/06

Plugin

Version: 1.12
Filename: gentoo_GLSA-200509-02.nasl
Filesize: 3551 bytes
MD5 Hash: 4885e8e6aea1d0a116a740b8ab87c963

Identification: Host/local_checks_enabled
Require Keys: Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list
Dependencies: "ssh_get_info.nasl"

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