Scientific Linux: Critical Update Regarding OpenOffice.org Buffer Overflow

Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:18:32 -0500
Reply-To: Troy Dawson 
Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Troy Dawson 
Subject: Security ERRATA Important: openoffice.org on SL3.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis:	Important: openoffice.org security update
Issue date:	2010-08-23
CVE Names:	CVE-2010-2935 CVE-2010-2936

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 running instances of OpenOffice.org applications must be restarted
for this update to take effect.

SL 3.0.x

 SRPMS:
openoffice.org-1.1.2-48.2.0.EL3.src.rpm
 i386:
openoffice.org-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-i18n-1.1.2-48.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm
openoffice.org-libs-1.1.2-48.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson