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KOffice PDF Import Filter Vulnerability
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SUMMARY
The KOffice PDF Import Filter shares code with xpdf. xpdf contains a
buffer overflow that can be triggered by a specially crafted PDF file.
DETAILS
Vulnerable Systems:
* KOffice version 1.3 up to including KOffice version 1.3.5
Impact:
Remotely supplied pdf files can be used to execute arbitrary code on the
client machine when the user opens such file in KOffice.
Solution:
Source code patches have been made available which fix these
vulnerabilities. Contact your OS vendor / binary package provider for
information about how to obtain updated binary packages.
CVE Information:
<http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0064>
CAN-2005-0064
Patch:
Patch for KOffice 1.3.5 is available from
<ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches>
ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches.
Time line and credits:
19/01/2005 KDE Security Team alerted by Carsten Lohrke
19/01/2005 Patches from xpdf 3.00pl3 applied to KDE CVS and patches
prepared
20/01/2005 Public disclosure
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The information has been provided by <mailto:bastian@kde.org> Waldo
Bastian.
The original article can be found at:
<http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050120-1.txt>
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050120-1.txt
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