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Ubuntu 6.10: USN-374-1 Critical: wv Library Remote Code Execution

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An integer overflow was discovered in the DOC file parser of the wv library. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted MSWord (.DOC) file, remote attackers could execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-374-1          November 01, 2006
wv vulnerability
CVE-2006-4513
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A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:

Ubuntu 6.10

This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of
Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.

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

Ubuntu 6.10:
  libwv-1.2-1                              1.2.1-2ubuntu0.1

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.

Details follow:

An integer overflow was discovered in the DOC file parser of the wv 
library.  By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted MSWord 
(.DOC) file, remote attackers could execute arbitrary code with the 
user's privileges.


Updated packages for Ubuntu 6.10:

  Source archives:

          Size/MD5:    11929 1162b872e4e77345295a34e0c7fb731b
          Size/MD5:      716 4ec3816084073a77df966ff2fec1a40e
          Size/MD5:   628027 d757080af4595839d5d82a1a573c692c

  amd64 architecture (Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon)

          Size/MD5:   146278 3eb3817dfa782c6e3bcc22c6fb35b8ad
          Size/MD5:   202772 30ebeb74c64333e33d5604df48a0f8f0
          Size/MD5:    90506 a1835a5db7c038487567686e77a95f9a

  i386 architecture (x86 compatible Intel/AMD)

          Size/MD5:   138724 918761ea08c2eb366821648adc571bc3
          Size/MD5:   180656 f041845463774af932bdd8a848422481
          Size/MD5:    88162 3940c61f26c24d2ac1f66d33a7f00166

  powerpc architecture (Apple Macintosh G3/G4/G5)

          Size/MD5:   140532 6f76eefa75620e73bfe7738e67618bab
          Size/MD5:   207102 d241cdb9f374c6f6b61c7ce9667f79b6
          Size/MD5:    94366 682568966d755eb3e55ef210ff08dd05

  sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC)

          Size/MD5:   136236 a8a17256755dfb88d996972dd76736d7
          Size/MD5:   189474 7e263e180bcf218dd6714ab813c9bf97
          Size/MD5:    88130 413b2fb70a223db99545e4e3ccbe2145


Ubuntu 6.10: USN-374-1 Critical: wv Library Remote Code Execution

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Fedora Security Advisory FSA-2023-045 warns of a potential exploit in the libxml2 library that could permit unauthorized access through malformed XML documents.
An integer overflow was discovered in the DOC file parser of the wv library

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-374-1 November 01, 2006

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