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Ubuntu: USN-1234-1 Important: LibreOffice Memory Corruption

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Calendar Grey April 17, 2008
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Important patch available for libreoffice.org tackling various security vulnerabilities on Fedora systems. Immediate update advised.
Updated openoffice.org 1.x packages to correct multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. This update has been rate...

Solution

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

This update is available via 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, presentation manager, formula editor, and drawing program.
A heap overflow flaw was found in the EMF parser. An attacker could create a carefully crafted EMF file that could cause OpenOffice.org to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code if the malicious EMF image was added to a document or if a document containing the malicious EMF file was opened by a victim. (CVE-2007-5746)
A heap overflow flaw was found in the OLE Structured Storage file parser. (OLE Structured Storage is a format used by Microsoft Office documents.) An attacker could create a carefully crafted OLE file that could cause OpenOffice.org to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code if the file was opened by a victim. (CVE-2008-0320)
All users of OpenOffice.org are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported fixes to correct these issues.

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Topics Covered

security advisory software update remote code execution Red Hat Enterprise Linux important heap overflow OpenOffice.org

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-5746 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-0320 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3:
Source:
i386: openoffice.org-1.1.2-41.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-debuginfo-1.1.2-41.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-i18n-1.1.2-41.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-libs-1.1.2-41.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm
x86_64: openoffice.org-1.1.2-41.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-debuginfo-1.1.2-41.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-i18n-1.1.2-41.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-libs-1.1.2-41.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm
Red Hat Desktop version 3:
Source:
i386: openoffice.org-1.1.2-41.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-debuginfo-1.1.2-41.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-i18n-1.1.2-41.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-libs-1.1.2-41.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm
x86_64: openoffice.org-1.1.2-41.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-debuginfo-1.1.2-41.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-i18n-1.1.2-41.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-libs-1.1.2-41.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3:
Source:
i386: openoffice.org-1.1.2-41.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-debuginfo-1.1.2-41.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-i18n-1.1.2-41.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-libs-1.1.2-41.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm
x86_64: openoffice.org-1.1.2-41.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-debuginfo-1.1.2-41.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-i18n-1.1.2-41.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2008:0176-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0176.html
Issue date: 2008-04-17

Topic

Updated openoffice.org 1.x packages to correct multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory software update remote code execution Red Hat Enterprise Linux important heap overflow OpenOffice.org

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Desktop version 3 - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 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 4 - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

435675 - CVE-2007-5746 openoffice.org: EMF files parsing EMR_BITBLT record heap overflows

435676 - CVE-2008-0320 openoffice.org: OLE files parsing heap overflows

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