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RHEL 4: RHSA-2010:0643-01 Important: OpenOffice Buffer Overflow

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Calendar Grey August 23, 2010
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Red Hat has released an important security advisory for OpenOffice, identifying buffer overflow vulnerabilities. Users should urgently apply the latest patches to reduce risk
Updated openoffice.org packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at

Summary

OpenOffice.org is an office productivity suite that includes desktop applications, such as a word processor, spreadsheet application, presentation manager, formula editor, and a drawing program.
An integer truncation error, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, was found in the way the OpenOffice.org Impress presentation application sanitized a file's dictionary property items. An attacker could use this flaw to create a specially-crafted Microsoft Office PowerPoint file that, when opened, would cause OpenOffice.org Impress to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running OpenOffice.org Impress. (CVE-2010-2935)
An integer overflow flaw, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, was found in the way OpenOffice.org Impress processed polygons in input documents. An attacker could use this flaw to create a specially-crafted Microsoft Office PowerPoint file that, when opened, would cause OpenOffice.org Impress to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running OpenOffice.org Impress. (CVE-2010-2936)
All users of OpenOffice.org are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, this erratum provides updated openoffice.org packages. For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, this erratum provides updated openoffice.org and openoffice.org2 packages. All running instances of OpenOffice.org applications must be restarted for this update to take effect.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2935 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2936 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3:
Source:
i386: openoffice.org-1.1.2-48.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-debuginfo-1.1.2-48.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-i18n-1.1.2-48.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-libs-1.1.2-48.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm
x86_64: openoffice.org-1.1.2-48.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-debuginfo-1.1.2-48.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-i18n-1.1.2-48.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-libs-1.1.2-48.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm
Red Hat Desktop version 3:
Source:
i386: openoffice.org-1.1.2-48.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-debuginfo-1.1.2-48.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-i18n-1.1.2-48.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-libs-1.1.2-48.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm
x86_64: openoffice.org-1.1.2-48.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-debuginfo-1.1.2-48.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-i18n-1.1.2-48.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-libs-1.1.2-48.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3:
Source:
i386: openoffice.org-1.1.2-48.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-debuginfo-1.1.2-48.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-i18n-1.1.2-48.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-libs-1.1.2-48.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm
x86_64: openoffice.org-1.1.2-48.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-debuginfo-1.1.2-48.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-i18n-1.1.2-48.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-libs-1.1.2-48.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2010:0643-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Issue date: 2010-08-23

Topic

Updated openoffice.org packages that fix two security issues are nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as havingimportant security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) basescores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for eachvulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Desktop version 3 - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ppc, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

622529 - CVE-2010-2935 OpenOffice.Org: Integer truncation error by parsing specially-crafted Microsoft PowerPoint document

622555 - CVE-2010-2936 OpenOffice.org: Heap-based buffer overflow by parsing specially-crafted Microsoft PowerPoint document

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