1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
| Advisory Reference | GLSA 200510-12 / koffice, kword |
| Release Date | October 14, 2005 |
| Latest Revision | October 14, 2005: 01 |
| Impact | normal |
| Exploitable | remote |
| Package | Vulnerable versions | Unaffected versions | Architecture(s) |
| app-office/koffice | < 1.4.1-r1 | >= 1.4.1-r1 | All supported architectures |
| app-office/kword | < 1.4.1-r1 | >= 1.4.1-r1 | All supported architectures |
Related bugreports: #108411
KOffice and KWord are vulnerable to a buffer overflow in the RTF importer, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.
KOffice is an integrated office suite for KDE. KWord is the KOffice word processor.
Chris Evans discovered that the KWord RTF importer was vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow.
An attacker could entice a user to open a specially-crafted RTF file, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the rights of the user running the affected application.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All KOffice users should upgrade to the latest version:
Code Listing 3.1: Resolution |
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-office/koffice-1.4.1-r1" |
All KWord users should upgrade to the latest version:
Code Listing 3.2: Resolution |
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-office/kword-1.4.1-r1" |