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
An integer overflow vulnerability has been reported in OpenOffice.org.
OpenOffice.org is an open source office productivity suite, including word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, drawing, data charting, formula editing, and file conversion facilities.
Sean Larsson (iDefense Labs) reported an integer overflow in the function rtl_allocateMemory() in the file sal/rtl/source/alloc_global.c.
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.
There is no known workaround at this time.
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" |