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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2018-19208: Security patch for libwpd (ALAS-2019-1311)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2018-19208: Security patch for libwpd (ALAS-2019-1311)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
11/12/2018
Created
05/08/2020
Added
04/27/2020
Modified
11/27/2024

Description

In libwpd 0.10.2, there is a NULL pointer dereference in the function WP6ContentListener::defineTable in WP6ContentListener.cpp that will lead to a denial of service attack. This is related to WPXTable.h.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libwpd
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libwpd-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libwpd-devel
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libwpd-doc
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libwpd-tools

References

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