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Debian: CVE-2017-11110: catdoc -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2017-11110: catdoc -- security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/08/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
07/24/2017
Modified
02/24/2020

Description

The ole_init function in ole.c in catdoc 0.95 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer underflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file, i.e., data is written to memory addresses before the beginning of the tmpBuf buffer.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-catdoc

References

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