<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="200510-17"> <title>AbiWord: New RTF import buffer overflows</title> <synopsis> AbiWord is vulnerable to an additional set of buffer overflows during RTF import, making it vulnerable to the execution of arbitrary code. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">AbiWord</product> <announced>October 20, 2005</announced> <revised>October 20, 2005: 01</revised> <bug>109157</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="app-office/abiword" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">2.2.11</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">2.2.11</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p> AbiWord is a free and cross-platform word processing program. It allows to import RTF files into AbiWord documents. </p> </background> <description> <p> Chris Evans discovered a different set of buffer overflows than the one described in GLSA 200509-20 in the RTF import function in AbiWord. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p> An attacker could design a malicious RTF file and entice a user to import it in AbiWord, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the rights of the user running AbiWord. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p> There is no known workaround at this time. </p> </workaround> <resolution> <p> All AbiWord users should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-office/abiword-2.2.11"</code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="/security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-20.xml">GLSA-200509-20</uri> <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-2972">CAN-2005-2972</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Tue, 18 Oct 2005 07:36:44 +0000"> koon </metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Tue, 18 Oct 2005 14:22:32 +0000"> formula7 </metadata> <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Thu, 20 Oct 2005 05:41:16 +0000"> jaervosz </metadata> </glsa>