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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200509-20
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: Normal
Title: AbiWord: RTF import stack-based buffer overflow
Date: September 30, 2005
Bugs: #107351
ID: 200509-20
Synopsis
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AbiWord is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow during RTF
import, making it vulnerable to the execution of arbitrary code.
Background
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AbiWord is a free and cross-platform word processing program. It allows
to import RTF files into AbiWord documents.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 app-office/abiword < 2.2.10 >= 2.2.10
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Chris Evans discovered that the RTF import function in AbiWord is
vulnerable to a s...
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