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OpenOffice.org: .doc parser buffer overflow

Package(s):openoffice.org CVE #(s):CAN-2005-0941
Created:April 13, 2005 Updated:May 13, 2005
Description: OpenOffice.org suffers from a buffer overflow in the parsing code for MS Word files; see this advisory for details. Since this vulnerability could conceivably be exploited via files received in email messages, it should be taken seriously.
Alerts:
Fedora-Legacy FLSA:154988 2005-05-12
Ubuntu USN-121-1 2005-05-06
Mandriva MDKSA-2005:082 2005-05-06
Red Hat RHSA-2005:375-01 2005-04-25
SuSE SUSE-SA:2005:025 2005-04-19
Gentoo 200504-13 2005-04-15
Fedora FEDORA-2005-316 2005-04-13
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