glsa-201502-09.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201502-09">
  <title>Antiword: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title>
  <synopsis>A buffer overflow vulnerability in Antiword could result in
    execution of arbitrary code or Denial of Service.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">antiword</product>
  <announced>2015-02-07</announced>
  <revised count="1">2015-02-07</revised>
  <bug>531404</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="app-text/antiword" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">0.37-r1</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">0.37-r1</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>Antiword is a free MS Word reader.</p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>A buffer overflow vulnerability has been found in wordole.c in Antiword.</p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>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.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All Antiword users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=app-text/antiword-0.37-r1"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8123">CVE-2014-8123</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2015-01-11T21:48:35Z">ackle</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2015-02-07T20:39:20Z">ackle</metadata>
</glsa>