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TITLE:
IBM Lotus Notes WordPerfect File Viewer Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27317

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27317/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
IBM Lotus Notes 8.x
http://secunia.com/product/16277/

DESCRIPTION:
Tan Chew Keong has reported a vulnerability in IBM Lotus Notes, which
potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a
user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the third-party
WordPerfect file viewer (wp6sr.dll). This can be exploited to cause a
buffer overflow by tricking a user into viewing a malicious
WordPerfect document.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.

SOLUTION:
According to the vendor, a fix is scheduled for version 8.0.1.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Tan Chew Keong, vuln.sg.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
IBM:
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21271111

Vuln.sg:
http://vuln.sg/lotusnotes702wpd-en.html

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