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authorAlex Legler <alex@a3li.li>2015-03-08 22:02:38 +0100
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
+<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+
+<glsa id="200510-12">
+ <title>KOffice, KWord: RTF import buffer overflow</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ KOffice and KWord are vulnerable to a buffer overflow in the RTF importer,
+ potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">koffice, kword</product>
+ <announced>October 14, 2005</announced>
+ <revised>October 14, 2005: 01</revised>
+ <bug>108411</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="app-office/koffice" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">1.4.1-r1</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">1.4.1-r1</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ <package name="app-office/kword" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">1.4.1-r1</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">1.4.1-r1</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ KOffice is an integrated office suite for KDE. KWord is the
+ KOffice word processor.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ Chris Evans discovered that the KWord RTF importer was vulnerable
+ to a heap-based buffer overflow.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>
+ An attacker could entice a user to open a specially-crafted RTF
+ file, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the
+ rights of the user running the affected application.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ There is no known workaround at this time.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ All KOffice users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=app-office/koffice-1.4.1-r1&quot;</code>
+ <p>
+ All KWord users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=app-office/kword-1.4.1-r1&quot;</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2005-2971">CAN-2005-2971</uri>
+ <uri link="http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20051011-1.txt">KDE Security Advisory: KWord RTF import buffer overflow</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Tue, 11 Oct 2005 14:40:11 +0000">
+ jaervosz
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Fri, 14 Oct 2005 05:26:32 +0000">
+ jaervosz
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>