OpenOffice.org: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Advisory Reference	GLSA 200807-05 / openoffice openoffice-bin
Release Date	July 09, 2008
Latest Revision	July 09, 2008: 01
Impact	normal
Exploitable	remote

Package	Vulnerable versions	Unaffected versions	Architecture(s)
app-office/openoffice	< 2.4.1	>= 2.4.1	All supported architectures
app-office/openoffice-bin	< 2.4.1	>= 2.4.1	All supported architectures

Related bugreports: #225723

Synopsis

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

2. Impact Information

Background

OpenOffice.org is an open source office productivity suite, including word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, drawing, data charting, formula editing, and file conversion facilities.

Description

Sean Larsson (iDefense Labs) reported an integer overflow in the function rtl_allocateMemory() in the file sal/rtl/source/alloc_global.c.

Impact

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.

3. Resolution Information

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

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

Code Listing 3.1: Resolution

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

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

Code Listing 3.2: Resolution

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

4. References

CVE-2008-2152

Page updated July 09, 2008

Summary: This is a Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

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