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Debian Security Update Fixes AbiWord Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

Title : Debian Security Update Fixes AbiWord Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
Advisory ID : FrSIRT/ADV-2005-2412
CVE ID : CVE-2005-2964 - CVE-2005-2972
Rated as : Critical

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2005-11-14

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Technical Description

Debian has released updated packages to correct multiple vulnerabilities identified in AbiWord. These flaws are due to buffer overflow errors in the RTF import mechanism, could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malicious RTF file. For additional information, see : FrSIRT/ADV-2005-1889 and FrSIRT/ADV-2005-2086

ChangeLog

2005-11-14 : Initial release

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