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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201507-06

Posted on 07 July 2015
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201507-06
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Severity: Normal
Title: UnRTF: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: July 07, 2015
Bugs: #531544
ID: 201507-06

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in UnRTF, the worst of which
may result in execution of arbitrary code.

Background
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UnRTF is a command-line program which converts RTF documents to other
formats.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 app-text/unrtf < 0.21.9 >= 0.21.9

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in UnRTF. Please review
the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
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A remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the process or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All UnRTF users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/unrtf-0.21.9"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2014-9274
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-9274
[ 2 ] CVE-2014-9275
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-9275

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-06

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2015 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

 

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