=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1526-1
August 09, 2012

koffice vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 11.10
- Ubuntu 11.04

Summary:

KOffice could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened
a specially crafted file.

Software Description:
- koffice: KDE Office Suite

Details:

It was discovered that KOffice incorrectly handled certain malformed
MS Word documents. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening
a crafted MS Word file, an attacker could cause a denial of service or
execute arbitrary code with privileges of the user invoking the program.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 11.10:
  koffice                         1:2.3.3-0ubuntu6.1

Ubuntu 11.04:
  koffice                         1:2.3.3-0ubuntu4.1

After a standard system update you need to restart KOffice to make all the
necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1526-1
  CVE-2012-3455

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/koffice/1:2.3.3-0ubuntu6.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/koffice/1:2.3.3-0ubuntu4.1


Ubuntu 1526-1: KOffice vulnerability

August 9, 2012
KOffice could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 11.10: koffice 1:2.3.3-0ubuntu6.1 Ubuntu 11.04: koffice 1:2.3.3-0ubuntu4.1 After a standard system update you need to restart KOffice to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1526-1

CVE-2012-3455

Severity
August 09, 2012

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/koffice/1:2.3.3-0ubuntu6.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/koffice/1:2.3.3-0ubuntu4.1

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