Ubuntu: wvWare vulnerability
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=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-374-1 November 01, 2006 wv vulnerability CVE-2006-4513 ========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 6.10 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 6.10: libwv-1.2-1 1.2.1-2ubuntu0.1 In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: An integer overflow was discovered in the DOC file parser of the wv library. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted MSWord (.DOC) file, remote attackers could execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges. Updated packages for Ubuntu 6.10: Source archives: Size/MD5: 11929 1162b872e4e77345295a34e0c7fb731b Size/MD5: 716 4ec3816084073a77df966ff2fec1a40e Size/MD5: 628027 d757080af4595839d5d82a1a573c692c amd64 architecture (Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon) Size/MD5: 146278 3eb3817dfa782c6e3bcc22c6fb35b8ad Size/MD5: 202772 30ebeb74c64333e33d5604df48a0f8f0 Size/MD5: 90506 a1835a5db7c038487567686e77a95f9a i386 architecture (x86 compatible Intel/AMD) Size/MD5: 138724 918761ea08c2eb366821648adc571bc3 Size/MD5: 180656 f041845463774af932bdd8a848422481 Size/MD5: 88162 3940c61f26c24d2ac1f66d33a7f00166 powerpc architecture (Apple Macintosh G3/G4/G5) Size/MD5: 140532 6f76eefa75620e73bfe7738e67618bab Size/MD5: 207102 d241cdb9f374c6f6b61c7ce9667f79b6 Size/MD5: 94366 682568966d755eb3e55ef210ff08dd05 sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC) Size/MD5: 136236 a8a17256755dfb88d996972dd76736d7 Size/MD5: 189474 7e263e180bcf218dd6714ab813c9bf97 Size/MD5: 88130 413b2fb70a223db99545e4e3ccbe2145