SuSE: 2007-001: OpenOffice_org WMF buffer overflows Security Update...


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                        SUSE Security Announcement

        Package:                OpenOffice_org
        Announcement ID:        SUSE-SA:2007:001
        Date:                   Thu, 04 Jan 2007 15:00:00 +0000
        Affected Products:      Novell Linux Desktop 9
                                SLE SDK 10
                                SUSE LINUX 10.1
                                SUSE LINUX 10.0
                                SUSE LINUX 9.3
                                SuSE Linux Desktop 1.0
                                SUSE SLED 10
        Vulnerability Type:     code execution
        Severity (1-10):        7
        SUSE Default Package:   yes
        Cross-References:       CVE-2006-5870

    Content of This Advisory:
        1) Security Vulnerability Resolved:
             buffer overflows in WMF and Enhanced WMF handling
           Problem Description
        2) Solution or Work-Around
        3) Special Instructions and Notes
        4) Package Location and Checksums
        5) Pending Vulnerabilities, Solutions, and Work-Arounds:
            See SUSE Security Summary Report.
        6) Authenticity Verification and Additional Information

______________________________________________________________________________

1) Problem Description and Brief Discussion

   Security problems were fixed in the WMF and Enhanced WMF handling
   in OpenOffice_org These could potentially be used to execute code
   or crash OpenOffice when a user could be convinced to open specially
   crafted document (for instance a document sent by E-mail).

   This issue is tracked by the Mitre CVE ID CVE-2006-5870.

   openSUSE 10.2 is not affected by this problem, it already contains
   the fixed OpenOffice_org 2.1 version.

   Additionally the OpenOffice_org 2.0 version in SLED 10 was fitted with
   hooks to add OfficeXML support with a later update.

   Due to the very large size of this update and mirror lag it might
   take some hours or days until the updates are available on our mirrors.

2) Solution or Work-Around

   There is no known workaround, please install the update packages.

3) Special Instructions and Notes

   Restart OpenOffice after the update.

4) Package Location and Checksums

   The preferred method for installing security updates is to use the YaST
   Online Update (YOU) tool. YOU detects which updates are required and
   automatically performs the necessary steps to verify and install them.
   Alternatively, download the update packages for your distribution manually
   and verify their integrity by the methods listed in Section 6 of this
   announcement. Then install the packages using the command

     rpm -Fhv 

   to apply the update, replacing  with the filename of the
   downloaded RPM package.


   x86 Platform:

   SUSE LINUX 10.1:
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             36bd92eac9d3fd998998625d5f812858
             54dc58b25ed418070f58288c1950d157
             0f89c73067b0a0bc7a387d59c5b0a83f
             fd487bb53472096452ae5fd9717c2743

   SUSE LINUX 10.0:
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             5252fe526c9c9f68e4ebc16218bfc2f0
             d491884acce7564aec4ea79601df15fa
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             0a096ef4bb51369ea76e496e4d00b05b
             891de62d7740fe3479bec3d4d9e2293e

   SUSE LINUX 9.3:
             589951f886a3b8a71af962a440e2d5d7
             e035689819add5a79cac86c080107591
             440b7b8abf1e26a7e1ac94bad2159fa1
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             123313c1d70234d0224c357c3454023d
             8aaadec1d3220f793bc6e66ad4293050

   Power PC Platform:

   SUSE LINUX 10.1:
             47475bcf3d13d3fe4e03a245de77299a
             fdcf3ab9522f5d931ab45aa361d39a71
             c69710053fee5f830ffa0fe276237db4
             d6ce3d25640cc1ddbd04969a72601eea
             7fba6800f065447114d6435e96a0d799

   SUSE LINUX 10.0:
             75763dce1d1a4705cb22b261ba5d3260
             1b129691c1ece1cdcf7d41fe90ab26ec
             ce359d45fd6e73860f5b95c759667483
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             acc180374ade9fd27ed844f58576fa7b
             7b4a3590b94bfbb70b316dc62dac28f6

   Sources:

   SUSE LINUX 10.1:
             fe0ad3c361d857bc7504bf2215ae8948

   SUSE LINUX 10.0:
             e214e34e63fc0631959d452597025514

   SUSE LINUX 9.3:
             66f134cb40880d6ee219c8c1a01c1a5b

   Our maintenance customers are notified individually. The packages are
   offered for installation from the maintenance web:

   SLE SDK 10
     http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/5de7a5faac735ff75aae048d9aeaa21f.html

   SUSE SLED 10
     http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/5de7a5faac735ff75aae048d9aeaa21f.html

   Novell Linux Desktop 9
     http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/b38ccbe0fb2200869a3553e136fde4f2.html

   SuSE Linux Desktop 1.0
     http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/b38ccbe0fb2200869a3553e136fde4f2.html

______________________________________________________________________________

5) Pending Vulnerabilities, Solutions, and Work-Arounds:

   See SUSE Security Summary Report.
______________________________________________________________________________

6) Authenticity Verification and Additional Information

  - Announcement authenticity verification:

    SUSE security announcements are published via mailing lists and on Web
    sites. The authenticity and integrity of a SUSE security announcement is
    guaranteed by a cryptographic signature in each announcement. All SUSE
    security announcements are published with a valid signature.

    To verify the signature of the announcement, save it as text into a file
    and run the command

      gpg --verify 

    replacing  with the name of the file where you saved the
    announcement. The output for a valid signature looks like:

      gpg: Signature made  using RSA key ID 3D25D3D9
      gpg: Good signature from "SuSE Security Team "

    where  is replaced by the date the document was signed.

    If the security team's key is not contained in your key ring, you can
    import it from the first installation CD. To import the key, use the
    command

      gpg --import gpg-pubkey-3d25d3d9-36e12d04.asc

  - Package authenticity verification:

    SUSE update packages are available on many mirror FTP servers all over the
    world. While this service is considered valuable and important to the free
    and open source software community, the authenticity and the integrity of
    a package needs to be verified to ensure that it has not been tampered
    with.

    There are two verification methods that can be used independently from
    each other to prove the authenticity of a downloaded file or RPM package:

    1) Using the internal gpg signatures of the rpm package
    2) MD5 checksums as provided in this announcement

    1) The internal rpm package signatures provide an easy way to verify the
       authenticity of an RPM package. Use the command

        rpm -v --checksig 

       to verify the signature of the package, replacing  with the
       filename of the RPM package downloaded. The package is unmodified if it
       contains a valid signature from build@suse.de with the key ID 9C800ACA.

       This key is automatically imported into the RPM database (on
       RPMv4-based distributions) and the gpg key ring of 'root' during
       installation. You can also find it on the first installation CD and at
       the end of this announcement.

    2) If you need an alternative means of verification, use the md5sum
       command to verify the authenticity of the packages. Execute the command

         md5sum 

       after you downloaded the file from a SUSE FTP server or its mirrors.
       Then compare the resulting md5sum with the one that is listed in the
       SUSE security announcement. Because the announcement containing the
       checksums is cryptographically signed (by security@suse.de), the
       checksums show proof of the authenticity of the package if the
       signature of the announcement is valid. Note that the md5 sums
       published in the SUSE Security Announcements are valid for the
       respective packages only. Newer versions of these packages cannot be
       verified.

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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ______________________________________________________________________________ SUSE Security Announcement Package: OpenOffice_org Announcement ID: SUSE-SA:2007:001 Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 15:00:00 +0000 Affected Products: Novell Linux Desktop 9 SLE SDK 10 SUSE LINUX 10.1 SUSE LINUX 10.0 SUSE LINUX 9.3 SuSE Linux Desktop 1.0 SUSE SLED 10 Vulnerability Type: code execution Severity (1-10): 7 SUSE Default Package: yes Cross-References: CVE-2006-5870 Content of This Advisory: 1) Security Vulnerability Resolved: buffer overflows in WMF and Enhanced WMF handling Problem Description 2) Solution or Work-Around 3) Special Instructions and Notes 4) Package Location and Checksums 5) Pending Vulnerabilities, Solutions, and Work-Arounds: See SUSE Security Summary Report. 6) Authenticity Verification and Additional Information ______________________________________________________________________________ 1) Problem Description and Brief Discussion Security problems were fixed in the WMF and Enhanced WMF handling in OpenOffice_org These could potentially be used to execute code or crash OpenOffice when a user could be convinced to open specially crafted document (for instance a document sent by E-mail). This issue is tracked by the Mitre CVE ID CVE-2006-5870. openSUSE 10.2 is not affected by this problem, it already contains the fixed OpenOffice_org 2.1 version. Additionally the OpenOffice_org 2.0 version in SLED 10 was fitted with hooks to add OfficeXML support with a later update. Due to the very large size of this update and mirror lag it might take some hours or days until the updates are available on our mirrors. 2) Solution or Work-Around There is no known workaround, please install the update packages. 3) Special Instructions and Notes Restart OpenOffice after the update. 4) Package Location and Checksums The preferred method for installing security updates is to use the YaST Online Update (YOU) tool. YOU detects which updates are required and automatically performs the necessary steps to verify and install them. Alternatively, download the update packages for your distribution manually and verify their integrity by the methods listed in Section 6 of this announcement. Then install the packages using the command rpm -Fhv to apply the update, replacing with the filename of the downloaded RPM package. x86 Platform: SUSE LINUX 10.1: fd03f46c3cb8bef62d6bc717183204e7 36bd92eac9d3fd998998625d5f812858 54dc58b25ed418070f58288c1950d157 0f89c73067b0a0bc7a387d59c5b0a83f fd487bb53472096452ae5fd9717c2743 SUSE LINUX 10.0: 7aa52e528b59faca90bf67fa6831724a 5252fe526c9c9f68e4ebc16218bfc2f0 d491884acce7564aec4ea79601df15fa 1ec60c221b4a62068ff15c89688c6f3e 9e985ceceee03a6ec5ac4914226d9d3a 6b477a12871e48ffc5d867e4010ebd5d e0751ca9a1fc33147a32472b65da4ed2 5fc86fc2b3d20c87e7d173ecc8e3e593 ecb32dd2c12a8f40f731c8e4a61daf7c 144617276d8e8037a05490529970800c f35a9300b2265bef11ae5bc645e70384 113395204a868a6a569679322af534a0 7cb6394676b090106d8209ee0bc325a3 4e5b407d15d85aabe3e9e9bd324cd317 f9f0301702937f0e632ef5c3b27618d7 7c1c99dd9d2cf8ddd76739b409e88494 4090e1c6a4ebee1360c71ee5693aab1b c5ff202f2b5b6a0e535144536612eae0 77495fa38f85d6f962200092e6d513bb d6ca238f4470aff96b5efbde4b17176a cb7feb287121fda60f94122bc32a0444 d262f78b441f8e87293ea5a50a1e58a5 d3c3daeaf6cf06e546976352dc99af67 e5a71e9be49f9680f59b1432e817c967 50cd7d91aefeb6ec80bbb94e47aa67ba 835a4a8bca862f51d71d43f6256b2914 d916428c9ca9218ead8aff4236cce5c2 02f56857fa91a306057d4fe95d79e77a c57e39bd151725692051efa3bf0ee7ba 1b505a63f3e04e14d04f54ef01a4c594 a7e4016475dca64f9a99e5912d300cdd 57a82939688d779f5b69c3a305bafa9b ce7b7c36d489a78620d7685c9ba77f4e 61f30a3a0432232c9ea86a5f9f0366a2 8f2a0e0dd358a3a358cabc3453e9f5be fe898d738217dfdced31e807a9140784 9c1a614619aa69627fa8bc9fa51ec4bd ea798171c407cb3ed1fd1347eea22a94 1373b5bd4d808691fcb5e8e13ac56005 64ca9735287b612d5e9bc858ddd82679 d927cd43fd2301c19748be4496f20349 cadf70db30ba45ac1a365fe318a6997a 378b2ec63021b7fce007ac270f33d3f3 0a096ef4bb51369ea76e496e4d00b05b 891de62d7740fe3479bec3d4d9e2293e SUSE LINUX 9.3: 589951f886a3b8a71af962a440e2d5d7 e035689819add5a79cac86c080107591 440b7b8abf1e26a7e1ac94bad2159fa1 53346bde2f7c7a61ea9e33faa9c725a7 dae5b0bf3d98f9691f1e8d8d167547ce 16c6aa50e44a585147fcf1494caacd29 9d289713e0104cda3bd06b5f9f5d378c 8cf58c072f67152ba542d03b7659af78 b275c33d9881de79e8df9a060b7d846d 82dc46d3679a4cbed5d3b56f400bd0bb e7d5bdc9e0faf758917d08c46e303a9e 0f4a918a9f6e7d33260a238cb8fc5f22 5826669ac9581afff84470dfa3a772f1 f40b061176334959bc25d4a5e015f543 a331919c158b3ea676dafed45754fb8f 16d77dd832360590ed456940b45e3279 244053050edc83cf5f1cb35836feb956 0289dc7444bb236959c68814227c1aab 5dfc28ff432aaa352178b228e26d6797 9c898ed84206f5653f8a19bc9abed974 bae59314219a654dd3d197270a4cd89d b96857f0c6c8064fcefe41c3499ec16c 19587fd04412b2a6815eb3d5516178dc 97c4d1521086521c66e97aa37a795952 a95c6151cb2d29e1e30cc9b9f0b3ab5c d4cb3dda4d2a77c306f2d2e1eebca7d8 123313c1d70234d0224c357c3454023d 8aaadec1d3220f793bc6e66ad4293050 Power PC Platform: SUSE LINUX 10.1: 47475bcf3d13d3fe4e03a245de77299a fdcf3ab9522f5d931ab45aa361d39a71 c69710053fee5f830ffa0fe276237db4 d6ce3d25640cc1ddbd04969a72601eea 7fba6800f065447114d6435e96a0d799 SUSE LINUX 10.0: 75763dce1d1a4705cb22b261ba5d3260 1b129691c1ece1cdcf7d41fe90ab26ec ce359d45fd6e73860f5b95c759667483 737edb9a51e2308b65c806db18eb8e38 ab9b0121f51f6cb695c3a698da732d85 262468c5a4b4681147c6ce26d5ef63ca 1528bd884d1d178ac48a65658f54f67e 26fb36e224f72e01dfd850982c10e842 6b434d5882776a0b0aa832d764756030 bcdb3136e83d9c86d3714bd63b1627a3 23a8b36d116bdfdb70868468d3a1a104 3d2d276b47fab13ab328f20fcc51efa6 90dac95b1346bf9e91642365777e592b e981a11acd19a1dbfe0d4336f0b8ff7a e234e2cff42a2687dae123bc62eb604d fac1261ab2a6f4cb68b3893437c257b8 b485220c5d75535ebd68d2458d05c328 f619a868c8f67593b12b6403046970fd 7e3c98a3926337ab392c8f044f4e1d11 4bd3ba3ba25476548e020b8ec970a6f5 5e51bd0e338676d2f883aa76ce4d00e8 dd7f560e51e96e6a3a6e448f5658d8bb 4d037c6a9f237cadf99f3e8a88fa224a 4044cd5fd5995b38f2ddc2032b3675c4 7e82c539eede13763365ddfeb9739d24 8e7a9b881392d2b12cc84b2cab9a19e4 95028076b7fbbaccdee76d65b616fbdc d7bead9618b82987401bfee42d1b5ac7 3f8847780643b48c43c556b036661c45 2f43aacccf2e861b2781dea0d23a4308 1b3748db1855e5946d8c62243261c927 37489ea414dc7def0ef1dd52097a7974 4bb114f9b8b3e09fe772bbba0962e13c 0b1f1f1712c0607556ab5acafbe4a379 e32e6c3a20ebc46ecac41031d4294847 7d723cba896f9f3189b01e2e7173a08c 7b5b3c7d748ab396d541ac7daaa56896 890f3a37ea44ad44a65bca00949a0c00 773f47069a7eb2084a6c6a40ecc04814 5078bca7a5184827009f569924ada80a ec364edf19438461e9fdf308b260b4a6 22d0387a1b523ac61f06ade13618e979 d68bf26b23896890e38d4ea30d10813d acc180374ade9fd27ed844f58576fa7b 7b4a3590b94bfbb70b316dc62dac28f6 Sources: SUSE LINUX 10.1: fe0ad3c361d857bc7504bf2215ae8948 SUSE LINUX 10.0: e214e34e63fc0631959d452597025514 SUSE LINUX 9.3: 66f134cb40880d6ee219c8c1a01c1a5b Our maintenance customers are notified individually. The packages are offered for installation from the maintenance web: SLE SDK 10 http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/5de7a5faac735ff75aae048d9aeaa21f.html SUSE SLED 10 http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/5de7a5faac735ff75aae048d9aeaa21f.html Novell Linux Desktop 9 http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/b38ccbe0fb2200869a3553e136fde4f2.html SuSE Linux Desktop 1.0 http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/b38ccbe0fb2200869a3553e136fde4f2.html ______________________________________________________________________________ 5) Pending Vulnerabilities, Solutions, and Work-Arounds: See SUSE Security Summary Report. ______________________________________________________________________________ 6) Authenticity Verification and Additional Information - Announcement authenticity verification: SUSE security announcements are published via mailing lists and on Web sites. The authenticity and integrity of a SUSE security announcement is guaranteed by a cryptographic signature in each announcement. All SUSE security announcements are published with a valid signature. To verify the signature of the announcement, save it as text into a file and run the command gpg --verify replacing with the name of the file where you saved the announcement. The output for a valid signature looks like: gpg: Signature made using RSA key ID 3D25D3D9 gpg: Good signature from "SuSE Security Team " where is replaced by the date the document was signed. If the security team's key is not contained in your key ring, you can import it from the first installation CD. To import the key, use the command gpg --import gpg-pubkey-3d25d3d9-36e12d04.asc - Package authenticity verification: SUSE update packages are available on many mirror FTP servers all over the world. While this service is considered valuable and important to the free and open source software community, the authenticity and the integrity of a package needs to be verified to ensure that it has not been tampered with. There are two verification methods that can be used independently from each other to prove the authenticity of a downloaded file or RPM package: 1) Using the internal gpg signatures of the rpm package 2) MD5 checksums as provided in this announcement 1) The internal rpm package signatures provide an easy way to verify the authenticity of an RPM package. Use the command rpm -v --checksig to verify the signature of the package, replacing with the filename of the RPM package downloaded. The package is unmodified if it contains a valid signature from build@suse.de with the key ID 9C800ACA. This key is automatically imported into the RPM database (on RPMv4-based distributions) and the gpg key ring of 'root' during installation. You can also find it on the first installation CD and at the end of this announcement. 2) If you need an alternative means of verification, use the md5sum command to verify the authenticity of the packages. Execute the command md5sum after you downloaded the file from a SUSE FTP server or its mirrors. Then compare the resulting md5sum with the one that is listed in the SUSE security announcement. Because the announcement containing the checksums is cryptographically signed (by security@suse.de), the checksums show proof of the authenticity of the package if the signature of the announcement is valid. Note that the md5 sums published in the SUSE Security Announcements are valid for the respective packages only. Newer versions of these packages cannot be verified. - SUSE runs two security mailing lists to which any interested party may subscribe: opensuse-security@opensuse.org - General Linux and SUSE security discussion. All SUSE security announcements are sent to this list. 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