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Gentoo: GLSA-200704-07 Normal: libwpd Heap Overflows and Integer Risk

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Calendar Grey April 7, 2007
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Several security flaws identified in libwpd could result in potential crashes or execution of unauthorized code. Update is advised.
libwpd is vulnerable to several heap overflows and an integer overflow.

Summary

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200704-07 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: libwpd: Multiple vulnerabilities Date: April 06, 2007 Bugs: #169675 ID: 200704-07

Synopsis ======= libwpd is vulnerable to several heap overflows and an integer overflow.
Background ========= libwpd is a library used to convert Wordperfect documents into other formats.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-text/libwpd < 0.8.9 >= 0.8.9
========== libwpd contains heap-based overflows in two functions that convert WordPerfect document tables. In addition, it contains an integer overflow in a text-conversion function.
Impact ===== An attacker co...

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