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CentOS Linux: CVE-2018-19208: Low: libwpd security update (CESA-2019:2126)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2018-19208: Low: libwpd security update (CESA-2019:2126)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
11/12/2018
Created
08/29/2019
Added
08/28/2019
Modified
05/25/2023

Description

In libwpd 0.10.2, there is a NULL pointer dereference in the function WP6ContentListener::defineTable in WP6ContentListener.cpp that will lead to a denial of service attack. This is related to WPXTable.h.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-libwpd
  • centos-upgrade-libwpd-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-libwpd-devel
  • centos-upgrade-libwpd-doc
  • centos-upgrade-libwpd-tools

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