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Fedora 25: Update on libwpd Heap Overflow Issue with Update Notification

fedora
Calendar Grey October 22, 2017
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Major patch for libwpd tackles heap overflow vulnerability in Fedora 25. Instructions for installation plus relevant links provided.
new upstream release ---- * heap overflow in libwpd

Summary

libwpd is a library for import of WordPerfect documents.

new upstream release ---- * heap overflow in libwpd

[ 1 ] Bug #1489337 - There is a heap overflow in libwpd. This vulnerability has been triggered in libreoffice.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1489337

[ 2 ] Bug #1491813 - CVE-2017-14226 libwpd: Heap-based buffer over-read in WPXTableList class [fedora-all]

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1491813

su -c 'dnf upgrade libwpd' at the command line.

For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at

https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the

GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at

https://fedoraproject.org/security/

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Update Instructions

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Product: Fedora 25
Version: 0.10.2
Release: 1.fc25
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Summary: A library for import of WordPerfect documents

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