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Debian: DSA-2315-1 Critical: OpenOffice.org Remote Security Issues

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Calendar Grey October 5, 2011
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Debian DSA-2316-1 outlines security issues resolved in LibreOffice for stable releases; an update is advisable.
Red Hat, Inc
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Summary

Red Hat, Inc. security researcher Huzaifa Sidhpurwala reported multiple
vulnerabilities in the binary Microsoft Word (doc) file format importer
of OpenOffice.org, a full-featured office productivity suite that
provides a near drop-in replacement for Microsoft(R) Office.

For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in
version 1:2.4.1+dfsg-1+lenny12.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 1:3.2.1-11+squeeze4.

For the testing distribution (wheezy), and the unstable distribution (sid),
this problem will be fixed soon.
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: http://www.debian.org/security/




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Package: openoffice.org
CVE ID: CVE-2011-2713

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