[gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200812-13 ] OpenOffice.org: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200812-13

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http://security.gentoo.org/

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Severity: Normal

Title: OpenOffice.org: Multiple vulnerabilities

Date: December 12, 2008

Bugs: #235824, #244995

ID: 200812-13

 

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Synopsis

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Multiple vulnerabilities in OpenOffice.org might allow for

user-assisted execution of arbitrary code or symlink attacks.

 

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 < 3.0.0 >= 3.0.0

2 app-office/openoffice-bin < 3.0.0 >= 3.0.0

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2 affected packages on all of their supported architectures.

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Description

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Two heap-based buffer overflows when processing WMF files

(CVE-2008-2237) and EMF files (CVE-2008-2238) were discovered. Dmitry

E. Oboukhov also reported an insecure temporary file usage within the

senddoc script (CVE-2008-4937).

 

Impact

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

document, resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code. A local

attacker could perform symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary files on

the system. Both cases happen 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-3.0.0"

 

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

 

# emerge --sync

# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-office/openoffice-bin-3.0.0"

 

References

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[ 1 ] CVE-2008-2237

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2237

[ 2 ] CVE-2008-2238

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2238

[ 3 ] CVE-2008-4937

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4937

 

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-200812-13.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