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Ubuntu 11.10: Critical USN-1526-1 Threat from KOffice DoS Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey August 9, 2012
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Newly discovered KOffice flaw could lead to crashes or unauthorized code execution on Ubuntu platforms. Ensure you update immediately!
KOffice could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

KOffice could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened

a specially crafted file.

Software Description:

- koffice: KDE Office Suite

Details:

It was discovered that KOffice incorrectly handled certain malformed

MS Word documents. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening

a crafted MS Word file, an attacker could cause a denial of service or

execute arbitrary code with privileges of the user invoking the program.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical issue ubuntu koffice

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 11.10:
  koffice                         1:2.3.3-0ubuntu6.1

Ubuntu 11.04:
  koffice                         1:2.3.3-0ubuntu4.1

After a standard system update you need to restart KOffice to make all the
necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1526-1

CVE-2012-3455

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August 09, 2012

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical issue ubuntu koffice

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/koffice/1:2.3.3-0ubuntu6.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/koffice/1:2.3.3-0ubuntu4.1

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