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TITLE:
Gnumeric PCRE Integer Overflow Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA16584

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16584/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
GNOME Gnumeric 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/5626/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Gnumeric, which potentially can
be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

For more information:
SA16502

SOLUTION:
Restrict use to trusted files only.

Some Linux vendors have released fixed packages.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Mandriva:
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:153

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA16502:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16502/

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