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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200712-25 |
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http://security.gentoo.org/ |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: OpenOffice.org: User-assisted arbitrary code execution |
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Date: December 30, 2007 |
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Bugs: #200771, #201799 |
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ID: 200712-25 |
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Synopsis |
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An unspecified vulnerability has been reported in OpenOffice.org, |
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possibly allowing for the execution of arbitrary code. |
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Background |
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OpenOffice.org is an open source office productivity suite, including |
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word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, drawing, data charting, |
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formula editing, and file conversion facilities. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 app-office/openoffice < 2.3.1 >= 2.3.1 |
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2 app-office/openoffice-bin < 2.3.1 >= 2.3.1 |
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3 dev-db/hsqldb < 1.8.0.9 >= 1.8.0.9 |
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3 affected packages on all of their supported architectures. |
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Description |
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The HSQLDB engine, as used in Openoffice.org, does not properly enforce |
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restrictions to SQL statements. |
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Impact |
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A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted |
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document, possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary Java |
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code with the privileges of the user running OpenOffice.org. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All OpenOffice.org users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-office/openoffice-2.3.1" |
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All OpenOffice.org binary users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-office/openoffice-bin-2.3.1" |
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All HSQLDB users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/hsqldb-1.8.0.9" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2007-4575 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4575 |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-25.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2007 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |
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