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Mandriva: Updated libwpd packages to address heap overflow vulnerabilities Print E-mail
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Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas   
Mandrake iDefense reported several overflow bugs in libwpd. An attacker could create a carefully crafted Word Perfect file that could cause an application linked with libwpd, such as OpenOffice, to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code if the file was opened by a victim. Updated packages have been patched to address this issue.
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Mandriva Linux Security Advisory                         MDKSA-2007:063
 http://www.mandriva.com/security/
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Package : libwpd
 Date    : March 16, 2007
 Affected: 2007.0
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Problem Description:
 
 iDefense reported several overflow bugs in libwpd. An attacker
 could create a carefully crafted Word Perfect file that could cause
 an application linked with libwpd, such as OpenOffice, to crash or
 possibly execute arbitrary code if the file was opened by a victim.
 
 Updated packages have been patched to address this issue.
 _______________________________________________________________________

 References:
 
 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0002
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Updated Packages:
 
 Mandriva Linux 2007.0:
 dc542d5d0287c5fc7d032c8bb8739f76  2007.0/i586/libwpd-0.8_8-0.8.6-1.1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
 049c74e8e8d5ea73aab2f986dd9ce75a  2007.0/i586/libwpd-0.8_8-devel-0.8.6-1.1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
 b52f1c37150bdea7ff484ef4aaf1791a  2007.0/i586/libwpd-tools-0.8.6-1.1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm 
 efde71d904604af261dae41949d6f314  2007.0/SRPMS/libwpd-0.8.6-1.1mdv2007.0.src.rpm

 Mandriva Linux 2007.0/X86_64:
 fa400d38581ce2ea7fd18ff5f2202508  2007.0/x86_64/lib64wpd-0.8_8-0.8.6-1.1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
 7f5be4640b867ed6b5e6bbdd8cca4096  2007.0/x86_64/lib64wpd-0.8_8-devel-0.8.6-1.1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
 72743642ac95ab9acdaa7193656f6023  2007.0/x86_64/libwpd-tools-0.8.6-1.1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm 
 efde71d904604af261dae41949d6f314  2007.0/SRPMS/libwpd-0.8.6-1.1mdv2007.0.src.rpm
 _______________________________________________________________________

 To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi.  The verification
 of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

 All packages are signed by Mandriva for security.  You can obtain the
 GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing:

  gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

 You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at:

  http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories

 If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

  security_(at)_mandriva.com
 _______________________________________________________________________

 Type Bits/KeyID     Date       User ID
 pub  1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
  
 
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