USN-1525-1: Calligra vulnerability
Publication date
9 August 2012
Overview
Calligra could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.
Releases
Packages
- calligra - integrated work applications suite
Details
It was discovered that Calligra incorrectly handled certain malformed
MS Word documents. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening
a crafted MS Word file, an attacker could cause a denial of service or
execute arbitrary code with privileges of the user invoking the program.
It was discovered that Calligra incorrectly handled certain malformed
MS Word documents. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening
a crafted MS Word file, an attacker could cause a denial of service or
execute arbitrary code with privileges of the user invoking the program.
Update instructions
After a standard system update you need to restart Calligra to make all the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 12.04 precise | calligra – 1:2.4.0-0ubuntu2.1 | ||
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