<?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 ">=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>