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Debian 11: DLA-4234-1 critical: catdoc memory corruption and more

Multiple vulnerabilities have been fixed in catdoc, a text extractor for MS-Office files. CVE-2024-48877 . - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-4234-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Adrian Bunk June 30, 2025 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : catdoc Version : 1:0.95-4.1+deb11u1 CVE ID : CVE-2024-48877 CVE-2024-52035 CVE-2024-54028 Debian Bug : 1107168 Multiple vulnerabilities have been fixed in catdoc, a text extractor for MS-Office files. CVE-2024-48877 memory corruption CVE-2024-52035 integer overflow CVE-2024-54028 integer underflow For Debian 11 bullseye, these problems have been fixed in version 1:0.95-4.1+deb11u1. We recommend that you upgrade your catdoc packages. For the detailed security status of catdoc please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/catdoc Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS . Ubuntu LTS has issued an important security patch for catdoc addressing multiple vulnerabilities such as buffer overflow.. Debian LTS, catdoc, security update. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Calendar 2 Jun 30, 2025 Critical Debian LTS
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Ubuntu USN-4957-1: Important fpm Vulnerability Announcement Explored

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in catdoc, a text extractor for MS-Office files, which may result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code if a specially crafted file is processed. . - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-5953-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso June 29, 2025 https://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : catdoc CVE ID : CVE-2024-48877 CVE-2024-52035 CVE-2024-54028 Debian Bug : 1107168 Several vulnerabilities were discovered in catdoc, a text extractor for MS-Office files, which may result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code if a specially crafted file is processed. For the stable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in version 1:0.95-6~deb12u1. We recommend that you upgrade your catdoc packages. For the detailed security status of catdoc please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/catdoc Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/ Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Multiple security flaws in catdoc could result in service disruption or allow unauthorized code execution. An upgrade is necessary.. catdoc, Debian security, text extractor, arbitrary code. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Calendar 2 Jun 29, 2025 Important Debian
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Debian 7: DLA-1037-1 Critical: Catdoc Buffer Underflow DoS

A heap-based buffer underflow flaw was discovered in catdoc, a text extractor for MS-Office files, which may lead to denial of service (application crash) or have unspecified other impact, if a specially crafted file is processed. . Hash: SHA512 Package : catdoc Version : 0.94.4-1.1+deb7u1 CVE ID : CVE-2017-11110 Debian Bug : 867717 A heap-based buffer underflow flaw was discovered in catdoc, a text extractor for MS-Office files, which may lead to denial of service (application crash) or have unspecified other impact, if a specially crafted file is processed. For Debian 7 "Wheezy", these problems have been fixed in version 0.94.4-1.1+deb7u1. We recommend that you upgrade your catdoc packages. Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS . Enhance the security of catdoc to resolve a buffer underflow vulnerability that could cause a DoS on Debian Wheezy systems. Critical update required.. Catdoc Security Update, Debian LTS, Buffer Underflow Fix, Denial of Service, Software Upgrade. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Calendar 2 Jul 24, 2017 Critical Debian LTS
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Debian 9 DSA-3917-1 Moderate Buffer Underflow: Catdoc Denial Of Service

A heap-based buffer underflow flaw was discovered in catdoc, a text extractor for MS-Office files, which may lead to denial of service (application crash) or have unspecified other impact, if a specially crafted file is processed. . - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-3917-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso July 23, 2017 https://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : catdoc CVE ID : CVE-2017-11110 Debian Bug : 867717 A heap-based buffer underflow flaw was discovered in catdoc, a text extractor for MS-Office files, which may lead to denial of service (application crash) or have unspecified other impact, if a specially crafted file is processed. For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 0.94.4-1.1+deb8u1. For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1:0.94.3~git20160113.dbc9ec6+dfsg-1+deb9u1. For the testing distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 1:0.95-3. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1:0.95-3. We recommend that you upgrade your catdoc packages. Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/ Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Debian Security Advisory DSA-3920-1 discusses a vulnerability in imagemagick, potentially compromising its integrity and obfuscation.. Catdoc Security, Buffer Underflow Fix, Debian Update, Denial Of Service, Text Extractor Update. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Calendar 2 Jul 23, 2017 Debian
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Debian: DSA 578-1 Serious: Qemu Potential Security Flaw Detected

A temporary file problem has been discovered in xlsview from the catdoc suite, convertors from Word to TeX and plain text, which could lead to local users being able to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on predictable temporary file names.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 575-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Debian -- Security Information Martin Schulze October 28th, 2004 Debian -- Debian security FAQ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : catdoc Vulnerability : insecure temporary file Problem-Type : local Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2003-0193 Debian Bug : 183525 A temporary file problem has been discovered in xlsview from the catdoc suite, convertors from Word to TeX and plain text, which could lead to local users being able to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on predictable temporary file names. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.91.5-1.woody3. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 0.91.5-2. We recommend that you upgrade your catdoc package. Upgrade Instructions -------------------- wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file. If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below: apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration. Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody -------------------------------- Source archives: Size/MD5 checksum: 571 5fbd54b800449adcf10d9498fec33c4c Size/MD5 checksum: 14289 652e8c7c13aeb743db5b22ad19b86358 Size/MD5 checksum: 1234609d9b32b4d579ea143989533e91bc196c Alpha architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 78750 a95948f97107f79d1ae917128c489729 Intel IA-32 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 66898 94f0f2f0bccb8abbed2f70fd70d8d9f1 Intel IA-64 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 83648 7ad9075148ffeda180c904ee680f75e5 HP Precision architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 71094 ca3b29e69806dbaf8e452c44fa240785 Motorola 680x0 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 65900 59af477395669716660602080a337d76 Big endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 73720 116e8e1521724514c9d93226f616ad56 Little endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 73726 6d8e050ad06cee6970fa4771da484b45 PowerPC architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 68090 d9d5e32d398c76497fbc3408b163ed18 IBM S/390 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 67120 0834a0f473eaf106576e7b7034e3fe5c Sun Sparc architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 70882 3977e5706886c40c320062b3a4800b7e These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on its next update. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For apt-get: deb Debian -- Security Information stable/updates main For dpkg-ftp: dists/stable/updates/main Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Package info: `apt-cache show ' and https://www.debian.org/distrib/packages . The security patch for catdoc in Debian resolves a vulnerability related to temporary file handling, which could permit local users to potentially overwrite critical system files.. Debian Catdoc Fix, Local File Overwrite, Temporary File Issue. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Calendar 2 Oct 28, 2004 Critical Debian
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