Red Hat Security Advisory: libwpd security update Security Advisory secalert@redhat.com Red Hat Security Response Team RHSA-2012:1043 Final 1 1 2012-06-26T17:14:00Z Current version 2012-06-26T17:14:00Z 2012-06-26T17:14:00Z Red Hat rhsa-to-cvrf 1.0.1484 2012-06-26T17:27:08Z Updated libwpd packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section. libwpd is a library for reading and converting Corel WordPerfect Office documents. A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way libwpd processed certain Corel WordPerfect Office documents (.wpd files). An attacker could provide a specially-crafted .wpd file that, when opened in an application linked against libwpd, such as OpenOffice.org, would cause the application to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. (CVE-2012-2149) All libwpd users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. All running applications that are linked against libwpd must be restarted for this update to take effect. Please see https://www.redhat.com/footer/terms-of-use.html Copyright © 2012 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved. Important https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1043.html https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1043.html https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) libwpd-0.8.7-3.1.el5_8.src.rpm libwpd-0.8.7-3.1.el5_8 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) libwpd-0.8.7-3.1.el5_8 as a component of RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) libwpd-0.8.7-3.1.el5_8 as a component of RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way libwpd processed certain Corel WordPerfect Office documents (.wpd files). An attacker could provide a specially-crafted .wpd file that, when opened in an application linked against libwpd, such as OpenOffice.org, would cause the application to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. 2012-05-16T00:00:00Z 2012-05-16T00:00:00Z CVE-2012-2149 5Client-5.8.Z:libwpd-0.8.7-3.1.el5_8 5Client-Workstation-5.8.Z:libwpd-0.8.7-3.1.el5_8 5Server-DPAS-5.8.Z:libwpd-0.8.7-3.1.el5_8 Important 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1043.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2012-2149.html CVE-2012-2149 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=822207 bz#822207: CVE-2012-2149 libwpd: Memory overwrite flaw by processing certain WordPerfect (WPD) documents