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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200704-12
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  Severity: Normal
     Title: OpenOffice.org: Multiple vulnerabilities
      Date: April 16, 2007
      Bugs: #170828
        ID: 200704-12

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenOffice.org,
allowing for remote execution of arbitrary code.

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         < 2.1.0-r1              >= 2.1.0-r1
  2  app-office/openoffice-bin       < 2.2.0                  >= 2.2.0
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     2 affected packages on all of their supported architectures.
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Description
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John Heasman of NGSSoftware has discovered a stack-based buffer
overflow in the StarCalc parser and an input validation error when
processing metacharacters in a link. Also OpenOffice.Org includes code
from libwpd making it vulnerable to heap-based overflows when
converting WordPerfect document tables (GLSA 200704-07).

Impact
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A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted
document, possibly leading to execution of arbitrary code with the
rights of the user running OpenOffice.org.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

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

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-office/openoffice-2.1.0-r1"

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

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-office/openoffice-bin-2.2.0"

References
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  [ 1 ] CVE-2007-0002
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0002
  [ 2 ] CVE-2007-0238
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0238
  [ 3 ] CVE-2007-0239
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0239
  [ 4 ] GLSA-200704-07
        https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200704-07

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/200704-12

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 2007 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/