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Debian Security Advisory DSA 1100-1 (wv2)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to wv2 announced via advisory DSA 1100-1. A boundary checking error has been discovered in wv2, a library for accessing Microsoft Word documents, which can lead to an integer overflow induced by processing word files. The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain wv2 packages.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.2.2-1sarge1 For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon. We recommend that you upgrade your libwv packages. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201100-1