Details
Sean Larsson of iDefense Labs discovered that libwpd was vulnerable to
integer overflows. If a user were tricked into opening a specially
crafted WordPerfect document with an application that used libwpd, an
attacker could execute arbitrary code with user privileges.
Sean Larsson of iDefense Labs discovered that libwpd was vulnerable to
integer overflows. If a user were tricked into opening a specially
crafted WordPerfect document with an application that used libwpd, an
attacker could execute arbitrary code with user privileges.
Update instructions
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.10 edgy | libwpd8c2a – 0.8.6-1ubuntu0.1 | ||
| 6.06 dapper | libwpd8c2a – 0.8.4-2ubuntu0.1 | ||
| 5.10 breezy | libwpd8c2 – 0.8.2-2ubuntu0.1 | ||
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