GLSA 200510-17: AbiWord: New RTF import buffer overflows

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Severity:	normal
Title:	AbiWord: New RTF import buffer overflows
Date:	10/20/2005
Bugs:	#109157
ID:	200510-17

Synopsis

AbiWord is vulnerable to an additional set of buffer overflows during RTF import, making it vulnerable to the execution of arbitrary code.

Background

AbiWord is a free and cross-platform word processing program. It allows to import RTF files into AbiWord documents.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
app-office/abiword	< 2.2.11	>= 2.2.11	All supported architectures

Description

Chris Evans discovered a different set of buffer overflows than the one described in GLSA 200509-20 in the RTF import function in AbiWord.

Impact

An attacker could design a malicious RTF file and entice a user to import it in AbiWord, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the rights of the user running AbiWord.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All AbiWord users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-office/abiword-2.2.11"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200510-17.xml

Concerns?

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