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Gentoo: 201408-19 Normal: OpenOffice, LibreOffice Code Risk

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OpenOffice and LibreOffice vulnerabilities might permit unauthorized code execution; users are recommended to update to the patched versions.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in OpenOffice and LibreOffice, the worst of which may result in execution of arbitrary code.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenOffice and Libreoffice. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo code execution package upgrade openoffice normal severity libreoffice

Resolution

All OpenOffice (binary) users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=app-office/openoffice-bin-3.5.5.3"
All LibreOffice users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-office/libreoffice-4.2.5.2"
All LibreOffice (binary) users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=app-office/libreoffice-bin-4.2.5.2"
We recommend that users unmerge OpenOffice:
# emerge --unmerge "app-office/openoffice"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2006-4339 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2006-4339 [ 2 ] CVE-2009-0200 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-0200 [ 3 ] CVE-2009-0201 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-0201 [ 4 ] CVE-2009-0217 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-0217 [ 5 ] CVE-2009-2949 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-2949 [ 6 ] CVE-2009-2950 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-2950 [ 7 ] CVE-2009-3301 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-3301 [ 8 ] CVE-2009-3302 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-3302 [ 9 ] CVE-2010-0395 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-0395 [ 10 ] CVE-2010-2935 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-2935 [ 11 ] CVE-2010-2936 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-2936 [ 12 ] CVE-2010-3450 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-3450 [ 13 ] CVE-2010-3451 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvena...

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Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201408-19
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Concerns

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Severity: Normal
Title: OpenOffice, LibreOffice: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: August 31, 2014
Bugs: #283370, #305195, #320491, #332321, #352864, #386081,
ID: 201408-19

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo code execution package upgrade openoffice normal severity libreoffice

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in OpenOffice and LibreOffice, the worst of which may result in execution of arbitrary code.

Background

OpenOffice is the open source version of StarOffice, a full office productivity suite. LibreOffice is a fork of OpenOffice.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-office/openoffice-bin < 3.5.5.3 >= 3.5.5.3 2 app-office/openoffice <= 3.5.5.3 Vulnerable! 3 app-office/libreoffice < 4.2.5.2 >= 4.2.5.2 4 app-office/libreoffice-bin < 4.2.5.2 >= 4.2.5.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: Certain packages are still vulnerable. Users should migrate to another package if one is available or wait for the existing packages to be marked stable by their architecture maintainers. ------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 affected packages

Impact

===== A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted file using OpenOffice, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, a Denial of Service condition, execution of arbitrary Python code, authentication bypass, or reading and writing of arbitrary files.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.