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Fedora Legacy Update Advisory
Synopsis: Updated abiword resolves security vulnerabilities
Advisory ID: FLSA:1906
Issue date: 2005-02-08
Product: Red Hat Linux
Keywords: Security
Cross references: https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=1906
CVE Names: CAN-2004-0645
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1. Topic:
Updated abiword packages that fix a security vulnerability are now
available.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Linux 7.3 - i386
Red Hat Linux 9 - i386
3. Problem description:
AbiWord is a cross-platform, open-source word processor.
A buffer overflow in the wv library included in abiword allows remote
attackers to execute arbitrary code via a document with a long DateTime
field.
All users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a
backported fix and are not vulnerable to this issue.
Fedora Legacy would like to thank Marc Deslauriers for reporting this issue,
and Dave Botsch and Marc Deslauriers and preparing updated RPMs.
4. Solution:
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
To update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run:
rpm -Fvh [filenames]
where [filenames] is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade. Only those
RPMs which are currently installed will be updated. Those RPMs which are
not installed but included in the list will not be updated. Note that you
can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directory *only* contains
the desired RPMs.
Please note that this update is also available via yum and apt. Many
people find this an easier way to apply updates. To use yum issue:
yum update
or to use apt:
apt-get update; apt-get upgrade
This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system. This assumes that you have yum or
apt-get configured for obtaining Fedora Legacy content. Please visit
http://www.fedoralegacy.org/docs for directions on how to configure yum
and apt-get.
5. Bug IDs fixed:
http://bugzilla.fedora.us - 1906 - CAN-2004-0645-Abiword wv component buffer
overflow
6. RPMs required:
Red Hat Linux 7.3:
SRPM:
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/7.3/updates/SRPMS/abiword-0.99.5-5.legacy.src.rpm
i386:
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/7.3/updates/i386/abiword-0.99.5-5.legacy.i386.rpm
Red Hat Linux 9:
SRPM:
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/9/updates/SRPMS/abiword-1.0.4-5.legacy.src.rpm
i386:
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/9/updates/i386/abiword-1.0.4-5.legacy.i386.rpm
7. Verification:
SHA1 sum Package Name
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00dd8f5f01ce6682a351cff89fc7e3ae146ce2fb
redhat/7.3/updates/SRPMS/abiword-0.99.5-5.legacy.src.rpm
6fae7b296b25173f3c275e5b6d57e44a1e8dd453
redhat/7.3/updates/i386/abiword-0.99.5-5.legacy.i386.rpm
40ec194cf69f56ee176e6c7bb995a6b34bad5cb2
redhat/9/updates/SRPMS/abiword-1.0.4-5.legacy.src.rpm
fadc8f407110a121ced851d20748c7807f2f71a2
redhat/9/updates/i386/abiword-1.0.4-5.legacy.i386.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Fedora Legacy for security. Our key is
available from http://www.fedoralegacy org/about/security.php
You can verify each package with the following command:
rpm --checksig -v <filename>
If you only wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or
tampered with, examine only the sha1sum with the following command:
sha1sum <filename>
8. References:
http://www.abisource.com/release-notes/2.0.9.phtml
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/16660
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=115&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=true
9. Contact:
The Fedora Legacy security contact is <secnotice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>. More
project details at http://www.fedoralegacy.org
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