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2.5 KiB
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="200510-12">
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<title>KOffice, KWord: RTF import buffer overflow</title>
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<synopsis>
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KOffice and KWord are vulnerable to a buffer overflow in the RTF importer,
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potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">koffice, kword</product>
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<announced>October 14, 2005</announced>
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<revised>October 14, 2005: 01</revised>
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<bug>108411</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="app-office/koffice" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">1.4.1-r1</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">1.4.1-r1</vulnerable>
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</package>
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<package name="app-office/kword" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">1.4.1-r1</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">1.4.1-r1</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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KOffice is an integrated office suite for KDE. KWord is the
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KOffice word processor.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>
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Chris Evans discovered that the KWord RTF importer was vulnerable
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to a heap-based buffer overflow.
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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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An attacker could entice a user to open a specially-crafted RTF
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file, 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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</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 KOffice 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/koffice-1.4.1-r1"</code>
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<p>
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All KWord 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/kword-1.4.1-r1"</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2005-2971">CAN-2005-2971</uri>
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<uri link="http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20051011-1.txt">KDE Security Advisory: KWord RTF import buffer overflow</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Tue, 11 Oct 2005 14:40:11 +0000">
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jaervosz
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Fri, 14 Oct 2005 05:26:32 +0000">
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jaervosz
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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