<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="200612-01"> <title>wv library: Multiple integer overflows</title> <synopsis> The wv library is vulnerable to multiple integer overflows which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">wv library</product> <announced>2006-12-07</announced> <revised count="01">2006-12-07</revised> <bug>153800</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="app-text/wv" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">1.2.3-r1</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">1.2.3-r1</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p> wv is a library for conversion of MS Word DOC and RTF files. </p> </background> <description> <p> The wv library fails to do proper arithmetic checks in multiple places, possibly leading to integer overflows. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p> An attacker could craft a malicious file that, when handled with the wv library, could lead to the execution of arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running the application. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p> There is no known workaround at this time. </p> </workaround> <resolution> <p> All wv library users should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/wv-1.2.3-r1"</code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4513">CVE-2006-4513</uri> </references> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2006-11-24T19:24:02Z"> jaervosz </metadata> <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2006-11-24T19:46:34Z"> jaervosz </metadata> </glsa>