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GNOME Structured File Library "ole_info_read_metabat()" Buffer Overflow
Secunia Advisory: SA23164
Release Date: 2006-11-30
Last Update: 2006-12-01
Popularity: 8,001 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:GNOME Structured File Library (libgsf) 1.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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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.

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