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