National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-4513

Overview

Multiple integer overflows in the WV library in wvWare (formerly mswordview) before 1.2.3, as used by AbiWord, KWord, and possibly other products, allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Microsoft Word (DOC) file that produces (1) large LFO clfolvl values in the wvGetLFO_records function or (2) a large LFO nolfo value in the wvGetFLO_PLF function.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0 upgrade from v1.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (02/09/2007)

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect versions of wvWare library included in koffice packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2006-4221

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4221

External Source: BID

Name: 20761

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20761

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 22595

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/22595

External Source: IDEFENSE

Name: 20061026 Multiple Vendor wvWare LFO Count Integer Overflow Vulnerability

Hyperlink:http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=434

External Source: IDEFENSE

Name: 20061026 Multiple Vendor wvWare LVL Count Integer Overflow Vulnerability

Hyperlink:http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=433

External Source: XF

Name: wvware-lfo-lvl-overflow(29833)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/29833

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-374-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-374-1

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SR:2006:028

Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_28_sr.html

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2006:202

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:202

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1017126

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1017126

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200612-01

Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-01.xml

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 23335

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/23335

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 23273

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/23273

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 22705

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/22705

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 22680

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/22680