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Gentoo: GLSA-200603-25 Normal: OpenOffice.org Heap Overflow Issue

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Calendar Grey March 27, 2006
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
A warning has been issued regarding a severe buffer overflow vulnerability located within OpenOffice.org's libcurl, which poses a risk to Gentoo users. Urgent intervention is essential!
OpenOffice.org contains a vulnerable version of libcurl that may cause a heap overflow when parsing URLs.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200603-25 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: OpenOffice.org: Heap overflow in included libcurl Date: March 27, 2006 Bugs: #126433 ID: 200603-25

Synopsis ======= OpenOffice.org contains a vulnerable version of libcurl that may cause a heap overflow when parsing URLs.
Background ========= OpenOffice.org is an office productivity suite, including word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, data charting, formula editing and file conversion facilities. libcurl, which is included in OpenOffice.org, is a free and easy-to-use client-side library for transferring files with URL syntaxes, supporting numerous protocols.
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