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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200812-13 |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: OpenOffice.org: Multiple vulnerabilities |
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Date: December 12, 2008 |
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Bugs: #235824, #244995 |
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ID: 200812-13 |
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Synopsis |
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Multiple vulnerabilities in OpenOffice.org might allow for |
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user-assisted execution of arbitrary code or symlink attacks. |
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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 < 3.0.0 >= 3.0.0 |
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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 |
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(CVE-2008-2237) and EMF files (CVE-2008-2238) were discovered. Dmitry |
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E. Oboukhov also reported an insecure temporary file usage within the |
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senddoc script (CVE-2008-4937). |
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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, resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code. A local |
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attacker could perform symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary files on |
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the system. Both cases happen with the privileges of the user running |
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the application. |
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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-3.0.0" |
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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-3.0.0" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2008-2237 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2237 |
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[ 2 ] CVE-2008-2238 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2238 |
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[ 3 ] CVE-2008-4937 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4937 |
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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-200812-13.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 2008 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 |