metadata/glsa/glsa-200612-01.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">

<glsa id="200612-01">
  <title>wv library: Multiple integer overflows</title>
  <synopsis>
    The wv library is vulnerable to multiple integer overflows which could lead
    to the execution of arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">wv library</product>
  <announced>December 07, 2006</announced>
  <revised>December 07, 2006: 01</revised>
  <bug>153800</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="app-text/wv" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.2.3-r1</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.2.3-r1</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    wv is a library for conversion of MS Word DOC and RTF files.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    The wv library fails to do proper arithmetic checks in multiple places,
    possibly leading to integer overflows.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    An attacker could craft a malicious file that, when handled with the wv
    library, could lead to the execution of arbitrary code with the
    permissions of the user running the application.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All wv library users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=app-text/wv-1.2.3-r1&quot;</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4513">CVE-2006-4513</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Fri, 24 Nov 2006 19:24:02 +0000">
    jaervosz
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Fri, 24 Nov 2006 19:46:34 +0000">
    jaervosz
  </metadata>
</glsa>