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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200812-13
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     Severity: Normal
        Title: OpenOffice.org: Multiple vulnerabilities
         Date: December 12, 2008
         Bugs: #235824, #244995
           ID: 200812-13

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities in OpenOffice.org might allow for
user-assisted execution of arbitrary code or symlink attacks.

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           < 3.0.0                  >= 3.0.0
     2  app-office/openoffice-bin       < 3.0.0                  >= 3.0.0
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        2 affected packages on all of their supported architectures.
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Description
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Two heap-based buffer overflows when processing WMF files
(CVE-2008-2237) and EMF files (CVE-2008-2238) were discovered. Dmitry
E. Oboukhov also reported an insecure temporary file usage within the
senddoc script (CVE-2008-4937).

Impact
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A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted
document, resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code. A local
attacker could perform symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary files on
the system. Both cases happen with the privileges of the user running
the application.

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-3.0.0"

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

   # emerge --sync
   # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-office/openoffice-bin-3.0.0"

References
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     [ 1 ] CVE-2008-2237
           http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2237
     [ 2 ] CVE-2008-2238
           http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2238
     [ 3 ] CVE-2008-4937
           http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4937

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/200812-13

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 2008 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/