openSUSE Security Update: Security update for libwpd
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2017:2943-1
Rating: important
References: #1058025
Cross-References: CVE-2017-14226
Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 42.3
openSUSE Leap 42.2
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An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:

This update for libwpd fixes the following issues:

Security issue fixed:
– CVE-2017-14226: WP1StylesListener.cpp, WP5StylesListener.cpp, and
WP42StylesListener.cpp in libwpd 0.10.1 mishandle iterators, which
allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer
over-read in the WPXTableList class in WPXTable.cpp). This vulnerability
can be triggered in LibreOffice before 5.3.7. It may lead to suffering a
remote attack against a LibreOffice application. (bnc#1058025)

Bugfixes:
– Fix various crashes, leaks and hangs when reading damaged files found by
oss-fuzz.
– Fix crash when NULL is passed as input stream.
– Use symbol visibility on Linux. The library only exports public
functions now.
– Avoid infinite loop. (libwpd#3)
– Remove bashism. (libwpd#5)
– Fix various crashes and hangs when reading broken files found with the
help of american-fuzzy-lop.
– Make –help output of all command line tools more help2man-friendly.
– Miscellaneous fixes and cleanups.
– Generate manpages for the libwpd-tools

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

– openSUSE Leap 42.3:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2017-1247=1

– openSUSE Leap 42.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2017-1247=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use “zypper patch”.

Package List:

– openSUSE Leap 42.3 (noarch):

libwpd-devel-doc-0.10.2-8.1

– openSUSE Leap 42.3 (x86_64):

libwpd-0_10-10-0.10.2-8.1
libwpd-0_10-10-debuginfo-0.10.2-8.1
libwpd-debugsource-0.10.2-8.1
libwpd-devel-0.10.2-8.1
libwpd-tools-0.10.2-8.1
libwpd-tools-debuginfo-0.10.2-8.1

– openSUSE Leap 42.2 (i586 x86_64):

libwpd-0_10-10-0.10.2-5.3.1
libwpd-0_10-10-debuginfo-0.10.2-5.3.1
libwpd-debugsource-0.10.2-5.3.1
libwpd-devel-0.10.2-5.3.1
libwpd-tools-0.10.2-5.3.1
libwpd-tools-debuginfo-0.10.2-5.3.1

– openSUSE Leap 42.2 (noarch):

libwpd-devel-doc-0.10.2-5.3.1

References:

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14226.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1058025

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