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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200607-12
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  Severity: Normal
     Title: OpenOffice.org: Multiple vulnerabilities
      Date: July 28, 2006
      Bugs: #138545
        ID: 200607-12

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Synopsis
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OpenOffice.org is affected by three security vulnerabilities which can
be exploited to allow the execution of arbitrary code by a remote
attacker.

Background
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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
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     Package                    /  Vulnerable  /            Unaffected
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  1  app-office/openoffice           < 2.0.3                  >= 2.0.3
  2  app-office/openoffice-bin       < 2.0.3                  >= 2.0.3
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     2 affected packages on all of their supported architectures.
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Description
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Internal security audits by OpenOffice.org have discovered three
security vulnerabilities related to Java applets, macros and the XML
file format parser.

* Specially crafted Java applets can break through the "sandbox".

* Specially crafted macros make it possible to inject BASIC code into
  documents which is executed when the document is loaded.

* Loading a malformed XML file can cause a buffer overflow.

Impact
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An attacker might exploit these vulnerabilities to escape the Java
sandbox, execute arbitrary code or BASIC code with the permissions of
the user running OpenOffice.org.

Workaround
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Disabling Java applets will protect against the vulnerability in the
handling of Java applets. There are no workarounds for the macro and
file format vulnerabilities.

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

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-office/openoffice-2.0.3"

References
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  [ 1 ] OpenOffice.org Security Bulletin 2006-06-29
          [ 2 ] CVE-2006-2199
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2006-2199
  [ 3 ] CVE-2006-2198
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2006-2198
  [ 4 ] CVE-2006-3117
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2006-3117

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

  https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200607-12

Concerns?
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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/.

License
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Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/