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Red Hat Enterprise Linux: RHSA-2008:0939-00 Important: Buffer Overflow

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Calendar Grey November 5, 2008
Dist Redhat Esm H88
SUSE revealed a significant patch for libreoffice.org tackling memory corruption and stack overflow vulnerabilities.
Updated openoffice.org packages that correct security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5

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.
SureRun Security Team discovered an integer overflow flaw leading to a heap buffer overflow in the Windows Metafile (WMF) image format parser. An attacker could create a carefully crafted document containing a malicious WMF file that could cause OpenOffice.org to crash, or, possibly, execute arbitrary code if opened by a victim. (CVE-2008-2237)
Multiple integer overflow flaws were found in the Enhanced Windows Metafile (EMF) parser. An attacker could create a carefully crafted document containing a malicious EMF file that could cause OpenOffice.org to crash, or, possibly, execute arbitrary code if opened by a victim. (CVE-2008-2238)
All users of OpenOffice.org are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches that correct these issues.

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Topics Covered

security advisory update buffer overflow red hat heap overflow integer overflow openoffice.org

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2237 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2238 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3:
Source:
i386: openoffice.org-1.1.2-43.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-debuginfo-1.1.2-43.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-i18n-1.1.2-43.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-libs-1.1.2-43.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm
x86_64: openoffice.org-1.1.2-43.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-debuginfo-1.1.2-43.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-i18n-1.1.2-43.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-libs-1.1.2-43.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm
Red Hat Desktop version 3:
Source:
i386: openoffice.org-1.1.2-43.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-debuginfo-1.1.2-43.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-i18n-1.1.2-43.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-libs-1.1.2-43.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm
x86_64: openoffice.org-1.1.2-43.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-debuginfo-1.1.2-43.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-i18n-1.1.2-43.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-libs-1.1.2-43.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3:
Source:
i386: openoffice.org-1.1.2-43.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-debuginfo-1.1.2-43.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-i18n-1.1.2-43.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-libs-1.1.2-43.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm
x86_64: openoffice.org-1.1.2-43.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-debuginfo-1.1.2-43.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-i18n-1.1.2-43.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2008:0939-00
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0939.html
Issue date: 2008-11-05

Topic

Updated openoffice.org packages that correct security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5.

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

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory update buffer overflow red hat heap overflow integer 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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) - i386, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

462639 - CVE-2008-2237 OpenOffice.org WMF integer overflow

466528 - CVE-2008-2238 OpenOffice.org multiple EMF buffer overflows

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