Out-of-bounds Write Affecting autocorr-pl package, versions <1:4.3.7.2-5.el7_2.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.1% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-AUTOCORRPL-5086000
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed4 Nov 2015

Introduced: 4 Nov 2015

CVE-2015-4551  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 autocorr-pl to version 1:4.3.7.2-5.el7_2.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2015:2619.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream autocorr-pl package and not the autocorr-pl package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

LibreOffice before 4.4.5 and Apache OpenOffice before 4.1.2 uses the stored LinkUpdateMode configuration information in OpenDocument Format files and templates when handling links, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted document, which embeds data from local files into (1) Calc or (2) Writer.

CVSS Scores

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