AbiWord Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

BID:15096

Info

AbiWord Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 15096
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2005-2972
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Oct 13 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 05:56PM
Credit: Chris Evans reported these issues to the vendor.
Vulnerable: Redhat Fedora Core3
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
Debian Linux 3.0 sparc
Debian Linux 3.0 s/390
Debian Linux 3.0 ppc
Debian Linux 3.0 mipsel
Debian Linux 3.0 mips
Debian Linux 3.0 m68k
Debian Linux 3.0 ia-64
Debian Linux 3.0 ia-32
Debian Linux 3.0 hppa
Debian Linux 3.0 arm
Debian Linux 3.0 alpha
Debian Linux 3.0
AbiSource Community AbiWord 2.2.10
AbiSource Community AbiWord 2.2.9
- Gentoo Linux
AbiSource Community AbiWord 2.2.8
AbiSource Community AbiWord 2.2.7
AbiSource Community AbiWord 2.2.6
AbiSource Community AbiWord 2.2.5
AbiSource Community AbiWord 2.2.4
AbiSource Community AbiWord 2.2.3
AbiSource Community AbiWord 2.2.2
AbiSource Community AbiWord 2.2.1
AbiSource Community AbiWord 2.2 .0
AbiSource Community AbiWord 2.0.12
+ Redhat Fedora Core3
 AbiSource Community AbiWord 2.0.9
AbiSource Community AbiWord 2.0.8
AbiSource Community AbiWord 2.0.7
AbiSource Community AbiWord 2.0.6
+ S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2
AbiSource Community AbiWord 2.0.5
AbiSource Community AbiWord 2.0.4
AbiSource Community AbiWord 2.0.3
AbiSource Community AbiWord 2.0.1
Not Vulnerable: AbiSource Community AbiWord 2.2.11

Discussion

AbiWord Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

AbiWord is susceptible to multiple stack-based buffer-overflow vulnerabilities; fixes are available. These issues are due to the application's failure to properly bounds-check user-supplied data before copying it to an insufficiently sized memory buffer while importing RTF files.

These issues likely allow attackers to execute arbitrary machine code in the context of the user running the affected application.

Though similar to the vulnerability described in BID 14971 (AbiWord RTF File Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability), these vulnerabilities constitute a separate issue.

Exploit / POC

AbiWord Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

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]

Solution / Fix

AbiWord Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

Solution:

Please see the referenced advisories for more information.


AbiSource Community AbiWord 2.2.7

References

AbiWord Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

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