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SSA-2005-310-02 KOffice/KWord

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
SSA-2005-310-02 KOffice/KWord

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

New KOffice packages are available for Slackware 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2,
and -current to fix a security issue with KWord. A buffer overflow in
the RTF import functionality could result in the execution of arbitrary
code.

More details about this issue may be found in the Common
Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2971

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2005 Michel Arboi

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