GLSA 200807-05: OpenOffice.org: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

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Severity:	normal
Title:	OpenOffice.org: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
Date:	07/09/2008
Bugs:	#225723
ID:	200807-05

Synopsis

An integer overflow vulnerability has been reported in OpenOffice.org.

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	< 2.4.1	>= 2.4.1	All supported architectures
app-office/openoffice-bin	< 2.4.1	>= 2.4.1	All supported architectures

Description

Sean Larsson (iDefense Labs) reported an integer overflow in the function rtl_allocateMemory() in the file sal/rtl/source/alloc_global.c.

Impact

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

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-2.4.1"

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


    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-office/openoffice-bin-2.4.1"

References

CVE-2008-2152

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-05.xml

Concerns?

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