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| From: | KDE | | Date: | 12.10.2005 | | Subject: | [KDE Security Advisory] KOffice/KWord RTF import buffer overflow |
KDE Security Advisory: KWord RTF import buffer overflow
Original Release Date: 2005-10-11
URL: http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20051011-1.txt
0. References
CAN-2005-2971
CESA-2005-005
1. Systems affected:
All KOffice releases starting from KOffice 1.2.0 up to
including KOffice 1.4.1.
2. Overview:
Chris Evans reported a heap based buffer overflow in
the RTF importer of KWord.
3. Impact:
Opening specially crafted RTF files in KWord can cause
execution of abitrary code.
4. Solution:
Source code patches have been made available which fix these
vulnerabilities. Contact your OS vendor / binary package provider
for information about how to obtain updated binary packages.
5. Patch:
Patch for KOffice 1.4.1 is available from
ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches :
9f77b327119fd1db0752dab785e2a975 post-koffice-1.4.1-rtfimport.diff
Patch for KOffice 1.3.5 is available from
ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches :
71a1baa8244dbcc1bfc2bd3c3e3dd40f post-koffice-1.3.5-rtfimport.diff
Patch for KOffice 1.2.1 is available from
ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches :
b36488a186aded0f5e812397af3c689a post-koffice-1.2.1-rtfimport.diff
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