[gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200807-05 ] OpenOffice.org: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200807-05

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http://security.gentoo.org/

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Severity: Normal

Title: OpenOffice.org: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

Date: July 09, 2008

Bugs: #225723

ID: 200807-05

 

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Synopsis

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An integer overflow vulnerability has been reported in OpenOffice.org.

 

Background

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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

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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected

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1 app-office/openoffice < 2.4.1 >= 2.4.1

2 app-office/openoffice-bin < 2.4.1 >= 2.4.1

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2 affected packages on all of their supported architectures.

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Description

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Sean Larsson (iDefense Labs) reported an integer overflow in the

function rtl_allocateMemory() in the file

sal/rtl/source/alloc_global.c.

 

Impact

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A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted

document, possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code

with the privileges of the user running the application.

 

Workaround

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There is no known workaround at this time.

 

Resolution

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All OpenOffice.org users should upgrade to the latest version:

 

# emerge --sync

# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-office/openoffice-2.4.1"

 

All OpenOffice.org binary users should upgrade to the latest version:

 

# emerge --sync

# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-office/openoffice-bin-2.4.1"

 

References

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[ 1 ] CVE-2008-2152

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2152

 

Availability

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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at

the Gentoo Security Website:

 

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-05.xml

 

Concerns?

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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 ( -at -) gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at

http://bugs.gentoo.org.

 

License

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Copyright 2008 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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