KDE KOffice KWord RTF Import Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:15060

Info

KDE KOffice KWord RTF Import Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 15060
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2005-2971
CVE-2005-2971
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Oct 11 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 19 2015 08:27AM
Credit: The individual responsible for discovering this issue is unknown. The vendor disclosed this issue.
Vulnerable: Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 amd64
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8
+ Linux kernel 2.4.21
+ Linux kernel 2.4.19
Slackware Linux 10.2
Slackware Linux 10.1
Slackware Linux 10.0
Slackware Linux 9.1
Slackware Linux -current
S.u.S.E. SuSE Linux Standard Server 8.0
S.u.S.E. SuSE Linux School Server for i386
S.u.S.E. SUSE LINUX Retail Solution 8.0
S.u.S.E. SuSE Linux Openexchange Server 4.0
S.u.S.E. Open-Enterprise-Server 9.0
S.u.S.E. Novell Linux Desktop 9.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 10.0 OSS
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 10.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.3 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.3
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.2 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.2
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.1 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.1
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.0 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 8.2
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 10.0 OSS
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.3 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.3
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.0 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 8.2
S.u.S.E. Linux Desktop 1.0
Red Hat Fedora Core3
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2006.0 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2006.0
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.2 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.2
KDE KOffice 1.4.1
KDE KOffice 1.4
KDE KOffice 1.3.5
KDE KOffice 1.3.4
KDE KOffice 1.3.3
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1 x86_64
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1
KDE KOffice 1.3.2
KDE KOffice 1.3.1
KDE KOffice 1.3 beta3
KDE KOffice 1.3 beta2
KDE KOffice 1.3 beta1
KDE KOffice 1.3
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.0 AMD64
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.0
KDE KOffice 1.2.1
KDE KOffice 1.2
Gentoo Linux
Debian Linux 3.1 sparc
Debian Linux 3.1 s/390
Debian Linux 3.1 ppc
Debian Linux 3.1 mipsel
Debian Linux 3.1 mips
Debian Linux 3.1 m68k
Debian Linux 3.1 ia-64
Debian Linux 3.1 ia-32
Debian Linux 3.1 hppa
Debian Linux 3.1 arm
Debian Linux 3.1 amd64
Debian Linux 3.1 alpha
Debian Linux 3.1
Conectiva Linux 10.0
Not Vulnerable: KDE KOffice 1.4.2

Discussion

KDE KOffice KWord RTF Import Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

KWord is prone to a remote buffer overflow vulnerability.

The vulnerability arises when the application handles a malformed RTF file.

A successful attack may result in arbitrary code execution facilitating remote unauthorized access in the context of the user running KWord.

KOffice versions 1.2.0 to 1.4.1 are vulnerable to this issue.

Exploit / POC

KDE KOffice KWord RTF Import Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

Solution / Fix

KDE KOffice KWord RTF Import Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
KOffice 1.4.2 is not vulnerable to this issue. KDE has also released patches to address this issue in KOffice 1.4.1, 1.3.5 and 1.2.1.

Ubuntu has released advisory USN-202-1 to address this issue; please see the referenced advisory for further information.

Gentoo has released advisory GLSA 200510-12 to address this issue. Please see the referenceed advisory for further information. Gentoo users may carry out the following commands to update their computers:

All KOffice users:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-office/koffice-1.4.1-r1"

All KWord users:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-office/kword-1.4.1-r1"

RedHat Fedora has released advisory FEDORA-2005-984 to address this issue; please see the referenced advisory for further information.

Mandriva Linux security advisory MDKSA-2005:185 is available addressing this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for further information.

Debian has released advisory DSA 872-1 and fixes for this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for further information.

SUSE has released advisory SUSE-SR:2005:025 to address this, and other issues in various packages, in various SUSE products. Please see the referenced advisory for further information.

Slackware Linux has released advisory SSA:2005-310-02 to address this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for further information.

Conectiva Linux has released security advisory CLSA-2005:1042 addressing this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for details on obtaining and applying the appropriate updates.


KDE KOffice 1.2

KDE KOffice 1.2.1

KDE KOffice 1.3

KDE KOffice 1.3 beta3

KDE KOffice 1.3 beta1

KDE KOffice 1.3 beta2

KDE KOffice 1.3.1

KDE KOffice 1.3.2

KDE KOffice 1.3.5

KDE KOffice 1.4.1

References

KDE KOffice KWord RTF Import Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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