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<glsa id="200509-20">
  <title>AbiWord: RTF import stack-based buffer overflow</title>
  <synopsis>
    AbiWord is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow during RTF import,
    making it vulnerable to the execution of arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">AbiWord</product>
  <announced>2005-09-30</announced>
  <revised count="01">2005-09-30</revised>
  <bug>107351</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="app-office/abiword" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">2.2.10</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">2.2.10</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    AbiWord is a free and cross-platform word processing program. It
    allows to import RTF files into AbiWord documents.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    Chris Evans discovered that the RTF import function in AbiWord is
    vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    An attacker could design a malicious RTF file and entice the user
    to import it in AbiWord, potentially resulting in the execution of
    arbitrary code with the rights of the user running AbiWord.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All AbiWord users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=app-office/abiword-2.2.10"</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-2964">CAN-2005-2964</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2005-09-28T16:02:24Z">
    koon
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2005-09-29T12:13:23Z">
    koon
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2005-09-29T20:47:05Z">
    jaervosz
  </metadata>
</glsa>
