Ubuntu Security Notice USN-603-2
17th April, 2008
koffice vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 7.10
- Ubuntu 7.04
- Ubuntu 6.10
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
Software description
- koffice
Details
USN-603-1 fixed vulnerabilities in poppler. This update provides the
corresponding updates for KWord, part of KOffice.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that the poppler PDF library did not correctly handle
certain malformed embedded fonts. If a user or an automated system were
tricked into opening a malicious PDF, a remote attacker could execute
arbitrary code with user privileges.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 7.10:
- kword 1:1.6.3-0ubuntu5.2
- Ubuntu 7.04:
- kword 1:1.6.2-0ubuntu1.3
- Ubuntu 6.10:
- kword 1:1.5.2-0ubuntu2.4
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
- kword 1:1.5.0-0ubuntu9.4
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system upgrade you need to restart KWord to effect
the necessary changes.