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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200607-12 |
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http://security.gentoo.org/ |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: OpenOffice.org: Multiple vulnerabilities |
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Date: July 28, 2006 |
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Bugs: #138545 |
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ID: 200607-12 |
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Synopsis |
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OpenOffice.org is affected by three security vulnerabilities which can |
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be exploited to allow the execution of arbitrary code by a remote |
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attacker. |
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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 < 2.0.3 >= 2.0.3 |
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2 app-office/openoffice-bin < 2.0.3 >= 2.0.3 |
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2 affected packages on all of their supported architectures. |
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Description |
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Internal security audits by OpenOffice.org have discovered three |
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security vulnerabilities related to Java applets, macros and the XML |
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file format parser. |
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* Specially crafted Java applets can break through the "sandbox". |
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* Specially crafted macros make it possible to inject BASIC code into |
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documents which is executed when the document is loaded. |
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* Loading a malformed XML file can cause a buffer overflow. |
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Impact |
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An attacker might exploit these vulnerabilities to escape the Java |
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sandbox, execute arbitrary code or BASIC code with the permissions of |
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the user running OpenOffice.org. |
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Workaround |
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Disabling Java applets will protect against the vulnerability in the |
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handling of Java applets. There are no workarounds for the macro and |
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file format vulnerabilities. |
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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-2.0.3" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] OpenOffice.org Security Bulletin 2006-06-29 |
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http://www.openoffice.org/security/bulletin-20060629.html |
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[ 2 ] CVE-2006-2199 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2006-2199 |
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[ 3 ] CVE-2006-2198 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2006-2198 |
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[ 4 ] CVE-2006-3117 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2006-3117 |
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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-200607-12.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/2.5 |