Gentoo: GLSA-200612-01 Normal: wv Library Integer Overflow Risk
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December 7, 2006
The wv library is vulnerable to multiple integer overflows which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
Summary
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200612-01
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: Normal
Title: wv library: Multiple integer overflows
Date: December 07, 2006
Bugs: #153800
ID: 200612-01
Synopsis
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The wv library is vulnerable to multiple integer overflows which could
lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
Background
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wv is a library for conversion of MS Word DOC and RTF files.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 app-text/wv < 1.2.3-r1 >= 1.2.3-r1
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The wv library fails to do proper arithmetic checks in multiple places,
possibly leading to integer overflows.
Impact
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An attacker could craft a malicious file th...
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