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TITLE:
GNOME Structured File Library "ole_info_read_metabat()" Buffer
Overflow

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA23164

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23164/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
GNOME Structured File Library (libgsf) 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/12785/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in libgsf, which potentially can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise an application using the
library.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the
"ole_info_read_metabat()" function in gsf/gsf-infile-msole.c. This
can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow by e.g.
tricking a user into opening a specially crafted file in an
application using the library.

Successful exploitation may allow the execution of arbitrary code.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.14.3.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Debian credits infamous41md.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1221

http://cvs.gnome.org/viewcvs/libgsf/gsf/gsf-infile-msole.c?r1=1.73&r2=1.74

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