Executive Summary

Summary
Title Antiword: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
Informations
Name GLSA-201502-09 First vendor Publication 2015-02-07
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2015-02-07
Severity (Vendor) Normal Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

A buffer overflow vulnerability in Antiword could result in execution of arbitrary code or Denial of Service.

Background

Antiword is a free MS Word reader.

Description

A buffer overflow vulnerability has been found in wordole.c in Antiword.

Impact

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted document using Antiword, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Antiword users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/antiword-0.37-r1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2014-8123 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8123

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-09.xml

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-09.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-119 Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2015-02-09 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201502-09.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-12-15 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2014-16163.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-12-15 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2014-16241.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-12-15 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2014-16257.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Alert History

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Date Informations
2015-02-10 13:24:28
  • Multiple Updates
2015-02-08 00:22:14
  • First insertion