FS#43131 - [unrtf] CVE-2014-9274 CVE-2014-9275: arbitrary code execution

Attached to Project: Community Packages
Opened by Levente Polyak (anthraxx) - Tuesday, 16 December 2014, 13:50 GMT
Last edited by Jaroslav Lichtblau (Dragonlord) - Tuesday, 16 December 2014, 19:45 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Upstream Bugs
Status Closed
Assigned To Jaroslav Lichtblau (Dragonlord)
Architecture All
Severity High
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Summary:
It has been reported [0] that unrtf before version 0.21.7 is vulnerable to possible arbitrary code execution tracked as CVE-2014-9274 [1] CVE-2014-9275 [2].

Description:
UnRTF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds memory access and crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted RTF file.

Mitigation:
The problems have been fixed upstream in version 0.21.7 [3].

[0] http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/904
[1] https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2014-9274
[2] https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2014-9275
[3] http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/unrtf/unrtf-0.21.7.tar.gz
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Closed by  Jaroslav Lichtblau (Dragonlord)
Tuesday, 16 December 2014, 19:45 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  Package updated
unrtf-0.21.7-1

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