CVE-2022-37400: Apache OpenOffice Static Initialization Vector Allows to Recover Passwords for Web Connections Without Knowing the Master Password

["Carl B. Marcum" <cmarcum () apache org>]

Severity: important

Description:

Apache OpenOffice supports the storage of passwords for web connections in the user's configuration database. The 
stored passwords are encrypted with a single master key provided by the user. A flaw in OpenOffice existed where the 
required initialization vector for encryption was always the same which weakens the security of the encryption making 
them vulnerable if an attacker has access to the user's configuration data. This issue affects: Apache OpenOffice 
versions prior to 4.1.13.
Reference: CVE-2022-26306 - LibreOffice

Credit:

OpenSource Security GmbH on behalf of the German Federal Office for Information Security

References:

https://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2022-37400.html