Gentoo GLSA-201703-01: OpenOffice Memory Corruption Risk - Normal Severity
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March 19, 2017
A vulnerability in OpenOffice Impress could cause memory corruption.
Summary
An exploitable out-of-bounds vulnerability exists in OpenOffice Impress when handling MetaActions.
Resolution
All OpenOffice users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=app-office/openoffice-bin-4.1.3"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2016-1513 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-1513 [ 2 ] TALOS-2016-0051 https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2016-0051/
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201703-01
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Concerns
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.
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Severity: Normal
Title: OpenOffice: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
Date: March 19, 2017
Bugs: #597080
ID: 201703-01
Background
Apache OpenOffice is an open-source office software suite for word
processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more.
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Affected Packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 app-office/openoffice-bin
< 4.1.3 >= 4.1.3
Impact
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A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted
OpenDocument Presentation .ODP or Presentation Template .OTP file using
OpenOffice Impress, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code
with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
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