1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
| Advisory Reference | GLSA 200509-02 / Gnumeric |
| Release Date | September 03, 2005 |
| Latest Revision | September 03, 2005: 01 |
| Impact | normal |
| Exploitable | remote |
| Package | Vulnerable versions | Unaffected versions | Architecture(s) |
| app-office/gnumeric | < 1.4.3-r2 | >= 1.4.3-r2 | All supported architectures |
Related bugreports: #104010
Gnumeric is vulnerable to a heap overflow, possibly leading to the execution of arbitrary code.
The Gnumeric spreadsheet is a versatile application developed as part of the GNOME Office project. libpcre is a library providing functions for Perl-compatible regular expressions.
Gnumeric contains a private copy of libpcre which is subject to an integer overflow leading to a heap overflow (see GLSA 200508-17).
An attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted spreadsheet, which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Gnumeric.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All Gnumeric users should upgrade to the latest version:
Code Listing 3.1: Resolution |
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-office/gnumeric-1.4.3-r2" |