An integer overflow was discovered in KOffice’s filtering code. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted PPT file, attackers could crash KOffice or possibly execute arbitrary code with the user’s privileges.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
29 November 2006
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
An integer overflow was discovered in KOffice’s filtering code. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted PPT file, attackers could crash KOffice or possibly execute arbitrary code with the user’s privileges.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system upgrade you need to restart your Desktop session to effect the necessary changes.
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