RHSA-2012:1043High

Red Hat Security Advisory: libwpd security update

Published
June 26, 2012
Last Modified
November 7, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2012-2149 →

📋 Description

CVE-2012-2149 — libwpd: Memory overwrite flaw by processing certain WordPerfect (WPD) documents

🎯 Affected products24

  • RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • libwpd-0:0.8.7-3.1.el5_8.i386 as a component of RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server)
  • libwpd-0:0.8.7-3.1.el5_8.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • libwpd-0:0.8.7-3.1.el5_8.src as a component of RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • libwpd-0:0.8.7-3.1.el5_8.src as a component of RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server)
  • libwpd-0:0.8.7-3.1.el5_8.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • libwpd-0:0.8.7-3.1.el5_8.x86_64 as a component of RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server)
  • libwpd-0:0.8.7-3.1.el5_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • libwpd-debuginfo-0:0.8.7-3.1.el5_8.i386 as a component of RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • libwpd-debuginfo-0:0.8.7-3.1.el5_8.i386 as a component of RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server)
  • libwpd-debuginfo-0:0.8.7-3.1.el5_8.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • libwpd-debuginfo-0:0.8.7-3.1.el5_8.x86_64 as a component of RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • libwpd-debuginfo-0:0.8.7-3.1.el5_8.x86_64 as a component of RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server)
  • libwpd-debuginfo-0:0.8.7-3.1.el5_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • libwpd-devel-0:0.8.7-3.1.el5_8.i386 as a component of RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • libwpd-devel-0:0.8.7-3.1.el5_8.i386 as a component of RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server)
  • libwpd-devel-0:0.8.7-3.1.el5_8.x86_64 as a component of RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • libwpd-devel-0:0.8.7-3.1.el5_8.x86_64 as a component of RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server)
  • libwpd-tools-0:0.8.7-3.1.el5_8.i386 as a component of RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server)
  • libwpd-tools-0:0.8.7-3.1.el5_8.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • libwpd-tools-0:0.8.7-3.1.el5_8.x86_64 as a component of RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server)
  • libwpd-tools-0:0.8.7-3.1.el5_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)

✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

🔗 References (4)