GOffice: Multiple vulnerabilities

1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Advisory Reference	GLSA 200801-19 / goffice
Release Date	January 30, 2008
Latest Revision	January 30, 2008: 01
Impact	normal
Exploitable	remote

Package	Vulnerable versions	Unaffected versions	Architecture(s)
x11-libs/goffice	< 0.6.1	>= 0.6.1, revision >= 0.4.3	All supported architectures

Related bugreports: #198385

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities in GOffice could result in the execution of arbitrary code.

2. Impact Information

Background

GOffice is a library of document-centric objects and utilities based on GTK.

Description

GOffice includes a copy of PCRE which is vulnerable to multiple buffer overflows and memory corruptions vulnerabilities (GLSA 200711-30).

Impact

An attacker could entice a user to open specially crafted documents with GOffice, which could possibly lead to the execution of arbitrary code, a Denial of Service or the disclosure of sensitive information.

3. Resolution Information

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All GOffice 0.4.x users should upgrade to the latest version:

Code Listing 3.1: Resolution

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=x11-libs/goffice-0.4.3"

All GOffice 0.6.x users should upgrade to the latest version:

Code Listing 3.2: Resolution

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=x11-libs/goffice-0.6.1"

4. References

GLSA-200711-30

Page updated January 30, 2008

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