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Gentoo Linux: GLSA-200510-12 Severe: KOffice RTF Import Risk

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Calendar Grey October 14, 2005
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LibreOffice has revealed a security vulnerability that could enable malicious code execution via specially designed ODT files. Users are advised to update promptly
KOffice and KWord are vulnerable to a buffer overflow in the RTF importer, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.

Summary

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200510-12 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: KOffice, KWord: RTF import buffer overflow Date: October 14, 2005 Bugs: #108411 ID: 200510-12

Synopsis ======= KOffice and KWord are vulnerable to a buffer overflow in the RTF importer, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.
Background ========= KOffice is an integrated office suite for KDE. KWord is the KOffice word processor.
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