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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Important Update: OpenOffice.org Buffer Overflow

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Calendar Grey February 12, 2010
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Red Hat enhances libreoffice to address critical vulnerabilities. Safeguarding users from threats posed by harmful files.
Updated openoffice.org packages that correct multiple 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 application, presentation manager, formula editor, and a drawing program.
An integer overflow flaw, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, was found in the way OpenOffice.org parsed XPM files. An attacker could create a specially-crafted document, which once opened by a local, unsuspecting user, could lead to arbitrary code execution with the permissions of the user running OpenOffice.org. Note: This flaw affects embedded XPM files in OpenOffice.org documents as well as stand-alone XPM files. (CVE-2009-2949)
An integer underflow flaw and a boundary error flaw, both possibly leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, were found in the way OpenOffice.org parsed certain records in Microsoft Word documents. An attacker could create a specially-crafted Microsoft Word document, which once opened by a local, unsuspecting user, could cause OpenOffice.org to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running OpenOffice.org. (CVE-2009-3301, CVE-2009-3302)
A heap-based buffer overflow flaw, leading to memory corruption, was found in the way OpenOffice.org parsed GIF files. An attacker could create a specially-crafted document, which once opened by a local, unsuspecting user, could cause OpenOffice.org to crash. Note: This flaw affects embedded GIF files in OpenOffice.org documents as well as stand-alone GIF files. (CVE-2009-2950)
All users of OpenOffice.org are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. All running instances of OpenOffice.org applications must be restarted for this update to take effect.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-2949 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-2950 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-3301 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-3302 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3:
Source:
i386: openoffice.org-1.1.2-46.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-debuginfo-1.1.2-46.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-i18n-1.1.2-46.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-libs-1.1.2-46.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm
x86_64: openoffice.org-1.1.2-46.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-debuginfo-1.1.2-46.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-i18n-1.1.2-46.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-libs-1.1.2-46.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm
Red Hat Desktop version 3:
Source:
i386: openoffice.org-1.1.2-46.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-debuginfo-1.1.2-46.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-i18n-1.1.2-46.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-libs-1.1.2-46.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm
x86_64: openoffice.org-1.1.2-46.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-debuginfo-1.1.2-46.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-i18n-1.1.2-46.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-libs-1.1.2-46.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3:
Source:
i386: openoffice.org-1.1.2-46.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-debuginfo-1.1.2-46.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-i18n-1.1.2-46.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-libs-1.1.2-46.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm
x86_64: openoffice.org-1.1.2-46.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-debuginfo-1.1.2-46.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-i18n-1.1.2-46.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm openoffice.org-libs-1.1.2-46.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2010:0101-02
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Issue date: 2010-02-12

Topic

Updated openoffice.org packages that correct multiple security issues arenow available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5.This update has been rated as having important security impact by the RedHat Security Response Team.

Relevant Releases Architectures

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

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

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 (v. 5 client) - i386, 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

527512 - CVE-2009-2950 openoffice.org: GIF file parsing heap overflow

527540 - CVE-2009-2949 openoffice.org: integer overflow in XPM processing

533038 - CVE-2009-3301 OpenOffice.org Word sprmTDefTable Memory Corruption

533043 - CVE-2009-3302 OpenOffice.org Word sprmTSetBrc Memory Corruption

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