Bugtraq: [CLA-2004:902] Conectiva Security Announcement

From: Conectiva Updates <secure_at_conectiva.com.br>
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 13:28:58 -0200

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CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT
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PACKAGE : abiword
SUMMARY : Fix for buffer overflow vulnerability
DATE : 2004-12-01 13:28:00
ID : CLA-2004:902
RELEVANT
RELEASES : 9, 10

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DESCRIPTION
AbiWord[1] is a free word processing program similar to Microsoft(R)
Word.
Wv[2] is a library which allows access to Microsoft Word files.

iDefense[3] discovered[4] a buffer overflow vulnerability[5] in the
wv library which could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code
with the privileges of the user running the vulnerable application.

This announcement fixes the wv library which is included in AbiWord
packages.

SOLUTION
It is recommended that all AbiWord users in Conectiva Linux upgrade
their
packages.

REFERENCES
1.http://www.abiword.org/
2.http://wvware.sourceforge.net/
3.http://www.idefense.com/
4.http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=115&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=true
5.http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0645

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS
The apt tool can be used to perform RPM packages upgrades:

- run: apt-get update
- after that, execute: apt-get upgrade

Detailed instructions regarding the use of apt and upgrade examples
can be found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/#apt?idioma=en

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All packages are signed with Conectiva's GPG key. The key and instructions
on how to import it can be found at
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/chave/?idioma=en
Instructions on how to check the signatures of the RPM packages can be
found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/politica/?idioma=en

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All our advisories and generic update instructions can be viewed at
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?idioma=en

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Copyright (c) 2004 Conectiva Inc.
http://www.conectiva.com

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Received on Dec 02 2004

[CLA-2004:902] Conectiva Security Announcement - abiword