Scientific Linux: Important OpenOffice Security Update for Heap Overflow

Sep 19, 2007 •

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security advisory security update OpenOffice heap overflow attack vector risk exposure Scientific Linux

Important: openoffice.org security update

Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 16:48:56 -0500
Reply-To: Troy Dawson 
Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Troy Dawson 
Subject: Security ERRATA for openoffice.org on SL5.x, SL4.x,
 SL3,x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis:	Important: openoffice.org security update
Issue date:	2007-09-18
CVE Names:	CVE-2007-2834

A heap overflow flaw was found in the TIFF parser. An attacker could
create a carefully crafted document containing a malicious TIFF file that
could cause OpenOffice.org to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code if
opened by a victim. (CVE-2007-2834)

SL 3.0.x

 SRPMS:
openoffice.org-1.1.2-40.2.0.EL3.src.rpm
 i386:
openoffice.org-1.1.2-40.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-i18n-1.1.2-40.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-libs-1.1.2-40.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
openoffice.org-1.1.2-40.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-i18n-1.1.2-40.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-libs-1.1.2-40.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm

SL 4.x

 SRPMS:
openoffice.org-1.1.5-10.6.0.2.EL4.src.rpm
 i386:
openoffice.org-1.1.5-10.6.0.2.EL4.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-i18n-1.1.5-10.6.0.2.EL4.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-kde-1.1.5-10.6.0.2.EL4.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-libs-1.1.5-10.6.0.2.EL4.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
openoffice.org-1.1.5-10.6.0.2.EL4.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-i18n-1.1.5-10.6.0.2.EL4.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-kde-1.1.5-10.6.0.2.EL4.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-libs-1.1.5-10.6.0.2.EL4.i386.rpm

SL 5.x

 SRPMS:
openoffice.org-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.src.rpm
 i386:
openoffice.org-base-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-calc-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-core-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-draw-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-emailmerge-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-graphicfilter-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-impress-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-javafilter-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-af_ZA-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-ar-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-as_IN-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-bg_BG-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-bn-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-ca_ES-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-cs_CZ-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-cy_GB-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-da_DK-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-de-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-el_GR-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-es-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-et_EE-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-eu_ES-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-fi_FI-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-fr-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-ga_IE-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-gl_ES-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-gu_IN-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-he_IL-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-hi_IN-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-hr_HR-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-hu_HU-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-it-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-ja_JP-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-kn_IN-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-ko_KR-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-lt_LT-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-ml_IN-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-mr_IN-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-ms_MY-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-nb_NO-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-nl-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-nn_NO-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-nr_ZA-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-nso_ZA-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-or_IN-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-pa_IN-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-pl_PL-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-pt_BR-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-pt_PT-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-ru-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-sk_SK-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-sl_SI-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-sr_CS-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-ss_ZA-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-st_ZA-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-sv-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-ta_IN-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-te_IN-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-th_TH-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-tn_ZA-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-tr_TR-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-ts_ZA-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-ur-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-ve_ZA-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-xh_ZA-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-zh_CN-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-zh_TW-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-zu_ZA-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-math-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-pyuno-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-testtools-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-writer-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-xsltfilter-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
openoffice.org-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.src.rpm
openoffice.org-base-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-calc-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-core-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-draw-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-emailmerge-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-graphicfilter-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-impress-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-javafilter-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-af_ZA-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-ar-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-as_IN-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-bg_BG-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-bn-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-ca_ES-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-cs_CZ-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-cy_GB-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-da_DK-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-de-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-el_GR-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-es-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-et_EE-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-eu_ES-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-fi_FI-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-fr-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-ga_IE-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-gl_ES-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-gu_IN-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-he_IL-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-hi_IN-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-hr_HR-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-hu_HU-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-it-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-ja_JP-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-kn_IN-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-ko_KR-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-lt_LT-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-ml_IN-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-mr_IN-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-ms_MY-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-nb_NO-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-nl-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-nn_NO-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-nr_ZA-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-nso_ZA-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-or_IN-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-pa_IN-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-pl_PL-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-pt_BR-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-pt_PT-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-ru-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-sk_SK-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-sl_SI-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-sr_CS-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-ss_ZA-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-st_ZA-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-sv-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-ta_IN-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-te_IN-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-th_TH-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-tn_ZA-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-tr_TR-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-ts_ZA-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-ur-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-ve_ZA-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-xh_ZA-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-zh_CN-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-zh_TW-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-langpack-zu_ZA-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-math-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-pyuno-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-testtools-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-writer-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm
openoffice.org-xsltfilter-2.0.4-5.4.17.3.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson

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