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From: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201703-01 ] OpenOffice: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2017 18:42:45
Message-Id: f84643e1-5d8b-5e75-989a-3e96b2125e5a@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201703-01
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: OpenOffice: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
9 Date: March 19, 2017
10 Bugs: #597080
11 ID: 201703-01
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15 Synopsis
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18 A vulnerability in OpenOffice Impress could cause memory corruption.
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20 Background
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23 Apache OpenOffice is an open-source office software suite for word
24 processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more.
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26 Affected packages
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30 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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32 1 app-office/openoffice-bin
33 < 4.1.3 >= 4.1.3
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35 Description
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38 An exploitable out-of-bounds vulnerability exists in OpenOffice Impress
39 when handling MetaActions.
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41 Impact
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44 A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted
45 OpenDocument Presentation .ODP or Presentation Template .OTP file using
46 OpenOffice Impress, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code
47 with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.
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49 Workaround
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52 There is no known workaround at this time.
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54 Resolution
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57 All OpenOffice users should upgrade to the latest version:
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59 # emerge --sync
60 # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=app-office/openoffice-bin-4.1.3"
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62 References
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65 [ 1 ] CVE-2016-1513
66 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-1513
67 [ 2 ] TALOS-2016-0051
68 http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0051/
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70 Availability
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73 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
74 the Gentoo Security Website:
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76 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201703-01
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78 Concerns?
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81 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
82 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
83 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
84 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
85 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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87 License
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90 Copyright 2017 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
91 belongs to its owner(s).
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93 The contents of this document are licensed under the
94 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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96 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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