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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201502-09">
<title>Antiword: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title>
<synopsis>A buffer overflow vulnerability in Antiword could result in
execution of arbitrary code or Denial of Service.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">antiword</product>
<announced>2015-02-07</announced>
<revised count="1">2015-02-07</revised>
<bug>531404</bug>
<access>remote</access>
<affected>
<package name="app-text/antiword" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">0.37-r1</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="lt">0.37-r1</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>Antiword is a free MS Word reader.</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>A buffer overflow vulnerability has been found in wordole.c in Antiword.</p>
</description>
<impact type="normal">
<p>A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted
document using Antiword, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary
code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.
</p>
</impact>
<workaround>
<p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
</workaround>
<resolution>
<p>All Antiword users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
<code>
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=app-text/antiword-0.37-r1"
</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8123">CVE-2014-8123</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2015-01-11T21:48:35Z">ackle</metadata>
<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2015-02-07T20:39:20Z">ackle</metadata>
</glsa>