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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200612-05
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  Severity: Normal
     Title: KOffice shared libraries: Heap corruption
      Date: December 10, 2006
      Bugs: #155914
        ID: 200612-05

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Synopsis
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An integer overflow in koffice-libs allows for a Denial of Service and
possibly the execution of arbitrary code when viewing malicious
PowerPoint files.

Background
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KOffice is an integrated office suite for KDE. koffice-libs is a
package containing shared librares used by KOffice programs.

Affected packages
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     Package                  /  Vulnerable  /              Unaffected
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  1  app-office/koffice-libs       < 1.5.0                    >= 1.5.0

Description
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Kees Cook of Ubuntu discovered that 'KLaola::readBigBlockDepot()' in
klaola.cc fills 'num_of_bbd_blocks' while reading a .ppt (PowerPoint)
file without proper sanitizing, resulting in an integer overflow
subsequently overwriting the heap with parts of the file being read.

Impact
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By enticing a user to open a specially crafted PowerPoint file, an
attacker could crash the application and possibly execute arbitrary
code with the rights of the user running KOffice.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All koffice-libs users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-office/koffice-libs-1.5.0"

References
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  [ 1 ] CVE-2006-6120
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6120

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

  https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200612-05

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org/.

License
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Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/