Issued:
2012-06-26
Updated:
2012-06-26

RHSA-2012:1043 - Important: libwpd security update

Synopsis

Important: libwpd security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Important

Topic

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.

Description

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.

Solution

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

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5i386

Updated Packages

  • libwpd-0.8.7-3.1.el5_8.src.rpm
  • libwpd-devel-0.8.7-3.1.el5_8.i386.rpm
  • libwpd-devel-0.8.7-3.1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
  • libwpd-debuginfo-0.8.7-3.1.el5_8.i386.rpm
  • libwpd-debuginfo-0.8.7-3.1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
  • libwpd-tools-0.8.7-3.1.el5_8.i386.rpm
  • libwpd-tools-0.8.7-3.1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
  • libwpd-0.8.7-3.1.el5_8.i386.rpm
  • libwpd-0.8.7-3.1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

References

Additional information