Ubuntu Security Notice USN-202-1
12th October, 2005
koffice vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 5.04
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.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 5.04:
- kword
- koffice-libs
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
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