1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-188-1

USN-188-1: AbiWord vulnerability

Publication date

29 September 2005

Overview

AbiWord vulnerability

Releases

Details

Chris Evans discovered a buffer overflow in the RTF import module of
AbiWord. By tricking a user into opening an RTF file with specially
crafted long identifiers, an attacker could exploit this to execute
arbitrary code with the privileges of the AbiWord user.

Chris Evans discovered a buffer overflow in the RTF import module of
AbiWord. By tricking a user into opening an RTF file with specially
crafted long identifiers, an attacker could exploit this to execute
arbitrary code with the privileges of the AbiWord user.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all 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
5.04 hoary abiword-gnome – 
abiword – 
4.10 warty abiword-gnome – 
abiword – 

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