Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting libreoffice-langpack-af package, versions <1:5.0.6.2-14.el7
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- published26 Jul 2021
- disclosed10 Jan 2017
Introduced: 10 Jan 2017
CVE-2017-7870 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:7 libreoffice-langpack-af to version 1:5.0.6.2-14.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2017:1975.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libreoffice-langpack-af package and not the libreoffice-langpack-af package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
LibreOffice before 2017-01-02 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the tools::Polygon::Insert function in tools/source/generic/poly.cxx.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97671
- http://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2017-7870/
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7870
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3837
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-28
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=372
- https://github.com/LibreOffice/core/commit/62a97e6a561ce65e88d4c537a1b82c336f012722
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1975
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039029