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Gentoo GLSA-200504-13 Normal: OpenOffice.Org Heap Overflow Threat

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Calendar Grey April 15, 2005
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LibreOffice experienced a buffer overflow vulnerability, posing security threats. Urgent patches advised for every user.
OpenOffice.Org is vulnerable to a heap overflow when processing DOC documents, which could lead to arbitrary code execution.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200504-13 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: OpenOffice.Org: DOC document Heap Overflow Date: April 15, 2005 Bugs: #88863 ID: 200504-13

Synopsis ======= OpenOffice.Org is vulnerable to a heap overflow when processing DOC documents, which could lead to arbitrary code execution.
Background ========= OpenOffice.org is an office productivity suite, including word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, drawings, data charting, formula editing, and file conversion facilities.
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