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USN-603-2: KOffice vulnerability

Publication date

17 April 2008

Overview

KOffice vulnerability

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Details

USN-603-1 fixed vulnerabilities in poppler. This update provides the
corresponding updates for KWord, part of KOffice.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that the poppler PDF library did not correctly handle
certain malformed embedded fonts. If a user or an automated system were
tricked into opening a malicious PDF, a remote attacker could execute
arbitrary code with user privileges.

USN-603-1 fixed vulnerabilities in poppler. This update provides the
corresponding updates for KWord, part of KOffice.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that the poppler PDF library did not correctly handle
certain malformed embedded fonts. If a user or an automated system were
tricked into opening a malicious PDF, a remote attacker could execute
arbitrary code with user privileges.

Update instructions

After a standard system upgrade you need to restart KWord 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
7.10 gutsy kword –  1:1.6.3-0ubuntu5.2
7.04 feisty kword –  1:1.6.2-0ubuntu1.3
6.10 edgy kword –  1:1.5.2-0ubuntu2.4
6.06 dapper kword –  1:1.5.0-0ubuntu9.4

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