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Debian: DSA 1268-1 Critical: Libwpd Integer Overflow Risks Mitigated

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Calendar Grey March 17, 2007
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Recent updates to the libwpd packages in Debian effectively mitigate integer overflow vulnerabilities, preventing possible unauthorized code execution in associated applications.
Updated package.

Summary


For the testing distribution (etch) these problems have been fixed in
version 0.8.7-6.

For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in
version 0.8.7-6.

We recommend that you upgrade your libwpd package.


Upgrade Instructions
- --------------------wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.

If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given at the end of this advisory:

apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages

You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.


Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge

Size/MD5 checksum: 771 3f766aab2c2c0ff76feb561e51e17350
Size/MD5 checksum: 12523 9cd210c306a22900d77afbc3e62b3557
Size/MD5 checksum: 487187 75eabcc479c23461715ee58813c4b9b5

Architecture independent components:

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