PT-2005-3812 · Kde · Office

Chris Evans · Published 2005-10-20 · Updated 2018-10-03 · CVE-2005-2971

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions KOffice versions 1.2.0 through 1.4.1

Description A heap-based buffer overflow issue exists in the KWord RTF importer, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted RTF file.

Recommendations For KOffice versions 1.2.0 through 1.4.1, update to a version that contains a fix for this issue to prevent exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-2971

DSA-872-1

Affected Products

Office

References · 19

• 🔥 http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2005-005.txt · Exploit
• http://redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2005-October/msg00042.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2971 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/15060 · Patch
• http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2005&m=slackware-security.388487 · Vendor Advisory
• http://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20051011-1.txt · Vendor Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/202-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17145 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2005/dsa-872 · Vendor Advisory
• http://gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-12.xml · Vendor Advisory
• http://novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_25_sr.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17171 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17480 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22562 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17486 · Note