GLSA 201408-19: OpenOffice, LibreOffice: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	OpenOffice, LibreOffice: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	08/31/2014
Bugs:	#283370, #305195, #320491, #332321, #352864, #386081, #409509, #429482, #514886
ID:	201408-19

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in OpenOffice and LibreOffice, the worst of which may result in execution of arbitrary code.

Background

OpenOffice is the open source version of StarOffice, a full office productivity suite. LibreOffice is a fork of OpenOffice.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
app-office/openoffice-bin	< 3.5.5.3	>= 3.5.5.3	All supported architectures
app-office/openoffice	<= 3.5.5.3		All supported architectures
app-office/libreoffice	< 4.2.5.2	>= 4.2.5.2	All supported architectures
app-office/libreoffice-bin	< 4.2.5.2	>= 4.2.5.2	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenOffice and Libreoffice. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted file using OpenOffice, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, a Denial of Service condition, execution of arbitrary Python code, authentication bypass, or reading and writing of arbitrary files.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All OpenOffice (binary) users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
      ">=app-office/openoffice-bin-3.5.5.3"

All LibreOffice users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-office/libreoffice-4.2.5.2"

All LibreOffice (binary) users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
      ">=app-office/libreoffice-bin-4.2.5.2"

We recommend that users unmerge OpenOffice:


      # emerge --unmerge "app-office/openoffice"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201408-19.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.