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Debian Security Advisory DSA 579-1 (abiword)

Information

Severity

Severity

Critical

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

10.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

16 years ago

Modified

Modified

6 years ago

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Summary

The remote host is missing an update to abiword announced via advisory DSA 579-1.

Insight

Insight

A buffer overflow vulnerability has been disovered in the wv library, used for converting and previewing word documents. On exploition an attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the vulnerable application. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.2+cvs.2002.06.05-1woody2. The package in the unstable distribution (sid) is not affected. We recommend that you upgrade your abiword package.

Solution

Solution

https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20579-1

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