Important: libwpd security update

Advisory:	RHSA-2007:0055-5
Type:	Security Advisory
Severity:	Important
Issued on:	2007-03-16
Last updated on:	2007-03-16
Affected Products:	RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
OVAL:	com.redhat.rhsa-20070055.xml
CVEs (cve.mitre.org):	CVE-2007-0002 CVE-2007-1466

Details

Updated libwpd packages to correct a security issue are now available for
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red
Hat Security Response Team.

libwpd is a library for reading and converting Word Perfect documents.

iDefense reported several overflow bugs in libwpd. An attacker could
create a carefully crafted Word Perfect file that could cause an
application linked with libwpd, such as OpenOffice, to crash or possibly
execute arbitrary code if the file was opened by a victim. (CVE-2007-0002)

All users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a
backported fix for this issue.

Red Hat would like to thank Fridrich Štrba for alerting us to these issues
and providing a patch.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

Updated packages

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)

SRPMS:
libwpd-0.8.7-3.el5.src.rpm	`c212cfc2bfabec2887bca4cbcf34acdc`

IA-32:
libwpd-devel-0.8.7-3.el5.i386.rpm	`8cca81259f7c924e8390f842907bf7fd`

x86_64:
libwpd-devel-0.8.7-3.el5.i386.rpm	`8cca81259f7c924e8390f842907bf7fd`
libwpd-devel-0.8.7-3.el5.x86_64.rpm	`b86747cfa48cc2bd000baea86976a279`

RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server)

SRPMS:
libwpd-0.8.7-3.el5.src.rpm	`c212cfc2bfabec2887bca4cbcf34acdc`

IA-32:
libwpd-0.8.7-3.el5.i386.rpm	`d7de3bf36ddb16a350408bc72114a687`
libwpd-devel-0.8.7-3.el5.i386.rpm	`8cca81259f7c924e8390f842907bf7fd`
libwpd-tools-0.8.7-3.el5.i386.rpm	`12cb995ab0f2ac9086ee7c80452eb10e`

x86_64:
libwpd-0.8.7-3.el5.i386.rpm	`d7de3bf36ddb16a350408bc72114a687`
libwpd-0.8.7-3.el5.x86_64.rpm	`20d519bcc68a56585fdaae42e02ceb20`
libwpd-devel-0.8.7-3.el5.i386.rpm	`8cca81259f7c924e8390f842907bf7fd`
libwpd-devel-0.8.7-3.el5.x86_64.rpm	`b86747cfa48cc2bd000baea86976a279`
libwpd-tools-0.8.7-3.el5.x86_64.rpm	`d283ebc02dd5a7122bf9160c4dd3a8dd`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)

SRPMS:
libwpd-0.8.7-3.el5.src.rpm	`c212cfc2bfabec2887bca4cbcf34acdc`

IA-32:
libwpd-0.8.7-3.el5.i386.rpm	`d7de3bf36ddb16a350408bc72114a687`
libwpd-tools-0.8.7-3.el5.i386.rpm	`12cb995ab0f2ac9086ee7c80452eb10e`

x86_64:
libwpd-0.8.7-3.el5.i386.rpm	`d7de3bf36ddb16a350408bc72114a687`
libwpd-0.8.7-3.el5.x86_64.rpm	`20d519bcc68a56585fdaae42e02ceb20`
libwpd-tools-0.8.7-3.el5.x86_64.rpm	`d283ebc02dd5a7122bf9160c4dd3a8dd`

(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

222808 - CVE-2007-0002 buffer overflows

References

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0002
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1466
http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

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