GLSA 200712-25: OpenOffice.org: User-assisted arbitrary code execution

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Severity:	normal
Title:	OpenOffice.org: User-assisted arbitrary code execution
Date:	12/30/2007
Bugs:	#200771, #201799
ID:	200712-25

Synopsis

An unspecified vulnerability has been reported in OpenOffice.org, possibly allowing for the execution of arbitrary code.

Background

OpenOffice.org is an open source office productivity suite, including word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, drawing, data charting, formula editing, and file conversion facilities.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
app-office/openoffice	< 2.3.1	>= 2.3.1	All supported architectures
app-office/openoffice-bin	< 2.3.1	>= 2.3.1	All supported architectures
dev-db/hsqldb	< 1.8.0.9	>= 1.8.0.9	All supported architectures

Description

The HSQLDB engine, as used in Openoffice.org, does not properly enforce restrictions to SQL statements.

Impact

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted document, possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary Java code with the privileges of the user running OpenOffice.org.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All OpenOffice.org users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-office/openoffice-2.3.1"

All OpenOffice.org binary users should upgrade to the latest version:


    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-office/openoffice-bin-2.3.1"

All HSQLDB users should upgrade to the latest version:


    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/hsqldb-1.8.0.9"

References

CVE-2007-4575

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-25.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.