Ubuntu Security Notice 1525-1 - It was discovered that Calligra incorrectly handled certain malformed MS Word documents. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted MS Word file, an attacker could cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code with privileges of the user invoking the program.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1525-1
August 09, 2012
calligra vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary:
Calligra could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened
a specially crafted file.
Software Description:
- calligra: integrated work applications suite
Details:
It was discovered that Calligra incorrectly handled certain malformed
MS Word documents. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening
a crafted MS Word file, an attacker could cause a denial of service or
execute arbitrary code with privileges of the user invoking the program.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
calligra 1:2.4.0-0ubuntu2.1
After a standard system update you need to restart Calligra to make
all the necessary changes.
References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1525-1
CVE-2012-3456
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/calligra/1:2.4.0-0ubuntu2.1