OpenOffice.org: Multiple vulnerabilities

1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Advisory Reference	GLSA 200812-13 / openoffice openoffice-bin
Release Date	December 12, 2008
Latest Revision	December 12, 2008: 01
Impact	normal
Exploitable	local, remote

Package	Vulnerable versions	Unaffected versions	Architecture(s)
app-office/openoffice	< 3.0.0	>= 3.0.0	All supported architectures
app-office/openoffice-bin	< 3.0.0	>= 3.0.0	All supported architectures

Related bugreports: #235824, #244995

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities in OpenOffice.org might allow for user-assisted execution of arbitrary code or symlink attacks.

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

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

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.

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-3.0.0"

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-3.0.0"

4. References

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Summary: This is a Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

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