USN-202-1: KOffice vulnerability
Publication date
12 October 2005
Overview
KOffice vulnerability
Releases
Details
Chris Evans discovered a buffer overflow in the RTF import module of
KOffice. By tricking a user into opening a specially-crafted RTF file,
an attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the AbiWord user.
Chris Evans discovered a buffer overflow in the RTF import module of
KOffice. By tricking a user into opening a specially-crafted RTF file,
an attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the AbiWord user.
Update instructions
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.04 hoary | koffice-libs – | ||
| kword – | |||
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