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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="200802-05">
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<title>Gnumeric: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title>
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<synopsis>
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Several integer overflow vulnerabilities have been reported in Gnumeric,
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possibly resulting in user-assisted execution of arbitrary code.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">gnumeric</product>
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<announced>2008-02-12</announced>
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<revised count="01">2008-02-12</revised>
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<bug>208356</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="app-office/gnumeric" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">1.8.1</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">1.8.1</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>
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The Gnumeric spreadsheet is a versatile application developed as part
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of the GNOME Office project.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>
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Multiple integer overflow and signedness errors have been reported in
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the excel_read_HLINK() function in file plugins/excel/ms-excel-read.c
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when processing XLS HLINK opcodes.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>
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A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted XLS
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file, possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code with
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the privileges of the user running the application.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>
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There is no known workaround at this time.
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</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>
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All Gnumeric users should upgrade to the latest version:
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</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-office/gnumeric-1.8.1"</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0668">CVE-2008-0668</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2008-02-10T23:12:13Z">
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p-y
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2008-02-10T23:12:22Z">
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p-y
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2008-02-12T08:14:23Z">
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p-y
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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