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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200603-25 |
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http://security.gentoo.org/ |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: OpenOffice.org: Heap overflow in included libcurl |
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Date: March 27, 2006 |
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Bugs: #126433 |
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ID: 200603-25 |
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Synopsis |
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OpenOffice.org contains a vulnerable version of libcurl that may cause |
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a heap overflow when parsing URLs. |
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Background |
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OpenOffice.org is an office productivity suite, including word |
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processing, spreadsheet, presentation, data charting, formula editing |
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and file conversion facilities. libcurl, which is included in |
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OpenOffice.org, is a free and easy-to-use client-side library for |
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transferring files with URL syntaxes, supporting numerous protocols. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 app-office/openoffice-bin < 2.0.2 >= 2.0.2 |
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2 app-office/openoffice < 2.0.1-r1 >= 2.0.1-r1 |
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2 affected packages on all of their supported architectures. |
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Description |
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OpenOffice.org includes libcurl code. This libcurl code is vulnerable |
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to a heap overflow when it tries to parse a URL that exceeds a 256-byte |
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limit (GLSA 200512-09). |
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Impact |
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An attacker could entice a user to call a specially crafted URL with |
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OpenOffice.org, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary |
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code with the rights of the user running 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 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-2.0.2" |
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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-2.0.1-r1" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2005-4077 |
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http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-4077 |
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[ 2 ] Hardened-PHP Advisory 24/2005 |
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http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_242005.109.html |
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[ 3 ] GLSA 200512-09 |
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http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-09.xml |
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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-200603-25.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 2006 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/2.0 |
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