Mageia alert MGASA-2015-0016 (unrtf)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2015-0016: Updated unrtf package fixes security vulnerability 
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Fri, 9 Jan 2015 17:44:32 +0100
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MGASA-2015-0016 - Updated unrtf package fixes security vulnerability

Publication date: 09 Jan 2015
URL: http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0016.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 4

Description:
Updated unrtf package fixes security vulnerability:

Hanno Böck also reported a number of other crashes in unrtf besides the
ones associated with CVE-2014-9275.  These could allow a denial of service
when opening a malicious malformed RTF file which causes unrtf to crash.

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14882
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/22/4

SRPMS:
- 4/core/unrtf-0.21.9-1.mga4