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Fedora 27: FEDORA-2017-5128c8cfe2 Critical: Libwpd Heap Overflow

fedora
Calendar Grey September 30, 2017
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Address heap overflow vulnerability in libwpd package for Fedora 27 to enhance system security. Immediate patch needed.
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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Product: Fedora 27
Version: 0.10.2
Release: 1.fc27
Summary: A library for import of WordPerfect documents

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