USN-333-1: libwmf vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 6.06
• Ubuntu 5.10
• Ubuntu 5.04

Details

An integer overflow was found in the handling of the MaxRecordSize
field in the WMF header parser. By tricking a user into opening a
specially crafted WMF image file with an application that uses this
library, an attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code with
the user's privileges.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 6.06

• libwmf0.2-7 - 0.2.8.3-3.1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 5.10

• libwmf0.2-7 - 0.2.8.3-2ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 5.04

• libwmf0.2-7 - 0.2.8-1.1ubuntu0.1

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2006-3376
• CVE-2006-3376