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[ GLSA 200607-12 ] OpenOffice.org: Multiple vulnerabilities
From: Stefan Cornelius <dercorny () gentoo org>
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 22:27:11 +0200
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200607-12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Normal Title: OpenOffice.org: Multiple vulnerabilities Date: July 28, 2006 Bugs: #138545 ID: 200607-12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== OpenOffice.org is affected by three security vulnerabilities which can be exploited to allow the execution of arbitrary code by a remote attacker. Background ========== OpenOffice.org is an open source office productivity suite, including word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, drawing, data charting, formula editing, and file conversion facilities. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-office/openoffice < 2.0.3 >= 2.0.3 2 app-office/openoffice-bin < 2.0.3 >= 2.0.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 affected packages on all of their supported architectures. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Description =========== Internal security audits by OpenOffice.org have discovered three security vulnerabilities related to Java applets, macros and the XML file format parser. * Specially crafted Java applets can break through the "sandbox". * Specially crafted macros make it possible to inject BASIC code into documents which is executed when the document is loaded. * Loading a malformed XML file can cause a buffer overflow. Impact ====== An attacker might exploit these vulnerabilities to escape the Java sandbox, execute arbitrary code or BASIC code with the permissions of the user running OpenOffice.org. Workaround ========== Disabling Java applets will protect against the vulnerability in the handling of Java applets. There are no workarounds for the macro and file format vulnerabilities. Resolution ========== All OpenOffice.org users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-office/openoffice-2.0.3" References ========== [ 1 ] OpenOffice.org Security Bulletin 2006-06-29 http://www.openoffice.org/security/bulletin-20060629.html [ 2 ] CVE-2006-2199 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2006-2199 [ 3 ] CVE-2006-2198 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2006-2198 [ 4 ] CVE-2006-3117 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2006-3117 Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200607-12.xml Concerns? ========= Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security () gentoo org or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org. License ======= Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
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