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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">

<glsa id="200510-12">
  <title>KOffice, KWord: RTF import buffer overflow</title>
  <synopsis>
    KOffice and KWord are vulnerable to a buffer overflow in the RTF importer,
    potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">koffice, kword</product>
  <announced>October 14, 2005</announced>
  <revised>October 14, 2005: 01</revised>
  <bug>108411</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="app-office/koffice" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.4.1-r1</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.4.1-r1</vulnerable>
    </package>
    <package name="app-office/kword" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.4.1-r1</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.4.1-r1</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    KOffice is an integrated office suite for KDE. KWord is the
    KOffice word processor.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    Chris Evans discovered that the KWord RTF importer was vulnerable
    to a heap-based buffer overflow.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    An attacker could entice a user to open a specially-crafted RTF
    file, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the
    rights of the user running the affected application.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All KOffice users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=app-office/koffice-1.4.1-r1&quot;</code>
    <p>
    All KWord users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=app-office/kword-1.4.1-r1&quot;</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2005-2971">CAN-2005-2971</uri>
    <uri link="http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20051011-1.txt">KDE Security Advisory: KWord RTF import buffer overflow</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Tue, 11 Oct 2005 14:40:11 +0000">
    jaervosz
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Fri, 14 Oct 2005 05:26:32 +0000">
    jaervosz
  </metadata>
</glsa>