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Gentoo: GLSA-200510-17 Normal: AbiWord RTF Import Threat

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Calendar Grey October 20, 2005
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AbiWord on Gentoo Linux exhibits vulnerabilities linked to buffer overflows during RTF import, potentially allowing remote code execution. Immediate update advised.
AbiWord is vulnerable to an additional set of buffer overflows during RTF import, making it vulnerable to the execution of arbitrary code.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200510-17 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: AbiWord: New RTF import buffer overflows Date: October 20, 2005 Bugs: #109157 ID: 200510-17

Synopsis ======= AbiWord is vulnerable to an additional set of buffer overflows during RTF import, making it vulnerable to the execution of arbitrary code.
Background ========= AbiWord is a free and cross-platform word processing program. It allows to import RTF files into AbiWord documents.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-office/abiword < 2.2.11 >= 2.2.11
========== Chris Evans discovered a different set of buffer overflows than the one described in...

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