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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3917-1 (catdoc - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
A heap-based buffer underflow flaw was discovered in catdoc, a text extractor for MS-Office files, which may lead to denial of service (application crash) or have unspecified other impact, if a specially crafted file is processed.
Affected Software
Affected Software
catdoc on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 0.94.4-1.1+deb8u1. For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1:0.94.3~git20160113.dbc9ec6+dfsg-1+deb9u1. For the testing distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 1:0.95-3. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1:0.95-3. We recommend that you upgrade your catdoc packages.