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Gentoo: GLSA 201507-06 Normal: UnRTF Code Execution Threats

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Calendar Grey July 7, 2015
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
The Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201507-06 details vulnerabilities in UnRTF that could enable unauthorized code execution and denial-of-service attacks. Users should update promptly
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in UnRTF, the worst of which may result in execution of arbitrary code.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in UnRTF. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo code execution normal unrtf

Resolution

All UnRTF users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/unrtf-0.21.9"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2014-9274 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-9274 [ 2 ] CVE-2014-9275 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-9275

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-06
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Concerns

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.

Severity: Normal
Title: UnRTF: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: July 07, 2015
Bugs: #531544
ID: 201507-06

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo code execution normal unrtf

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in UnRTF, the worst of which may result in execution of arbitrary code.

Background

UnRTF is a command-line program which converts RTF documents to other formats.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-text/unrtf < 0.21.9 >= 0.21.9

Impact

===== A remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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