Debian: DSA-2275-1: openoffice.org security update
Debian: DSA-2275-1: openoffice.org security update
Will Dormann and Jared Allar discovered that the Lotus Word Pro import filter of OpenOffice.org, a full-featured office productivity suite that provides a near drop-in replacement for Microsoft(R) Office, is not properly handling object ids in the ".lwp" file format. An attacker can
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-2275-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://www.debian.org/security/ Nico Golde July 7, 2011 https://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : openoffice.org Vulnerability : stack-based buffer overflow Problem type : local Debian-specific: no CVE ID : none yet Will Dormann and Jared Allar discovered that the Lotus Word Pro import filter of OpenOffice.org, a full-featured office productivity suite that provides a near drop-in replacement for Microsoft(R) Office, is not properly handling object ids in the ".lwp" file format. An attacker can exploit this with a specially crafted file and execute arbitrary code with the rights of the victim importing the file. The oldstable distribution (lenny) is not affected by this problem. For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1:3.2.1-11+squeeze3. For the testing distribution (wheezy), this problem will be fixed soon. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in libreoffice version 1:3.3.3-1. We recommend that you upgrade your openoffice.org packages. Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/ Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
