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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200510-12 |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: KOffice, KWord: RTF import buffer overflow |
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Date: October 14, 2005 |
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Bugs: #108411 |
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ID: 200510-12 |
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Synopsis |
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KOffice and KWord are vulnerable to a buffer overflow in the RTF |
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importer, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code. |
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Background |
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KOffice is an integrated office suite for KDE. KWord is the KOffice |
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word processor. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 app-office/koffice < 1.4.1-r1 >= 1.4.1-r1 |
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2 app-office/kword < 1.4.1-r1 >= 1.4.1-r1 |
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2 affected packages on all of their supported architectures. |
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Description |
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Chris Evans discovered that the KWord RTF importer was vulnerable to a |
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heap-based buffer overflow. |
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Impact |
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An attacker could entice a user to open a specially-crafted RTF file, |
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potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the |
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rights of the user running the affected application. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All KOffice users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-office/koffice-1.4.1-r1" |
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All KWord users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-office/kword-1.4.1-r1" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CAN-2005-2971 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2005-2971 |
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[ 2 ] KDE Security Advisory: KWord RTF import buffer overflow |
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http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20051011-1.txt |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200510-12.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 |