OSVDB ID: 83598

Title: WordPerfect Document importer/exporter (libwpd) wpd2foo Multiple Method DoS

Info

Disclosure

Jul 15, 2006

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Unknown

Solution

Jul 14, 2006

Description

WordPerfect Document importer/exporter (libwpd) contains a flaw that may allow a denial of service. The issue is triggered when an error occurs in wpd2foo during the handling of a file with a name that's nonexistent and during the handling of an unspecified unsupported option. This will result in loss of availability for the program.

Classification

Location: Context Dependent
Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.8.6 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Fridrich Strba, Marc Maurer, and William Lachance

WordPerfect Document importer/exporter (libwpd)

0.8.5

References

Related OSVDB ID: 1195438 83586 83587 83590 83591 83593 83594 83595 83596 83600 83601 83602
Vendor URL: http://libwpd.sourceforge.net/
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://sourceforge.net/projects/libwpd/

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

Direct URL: http://osvdb.org/83598