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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: USN-1537-1 High: OpenOffice.org Code Execution

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OpenOffice.org could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1537-1
August 13, 2012

openoffice.org vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary:

OpenOffice.org could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it
opened a specially crafted file.

Software Description:
- openoffice.org: Office productivity suite

Details:

It was discovered that OpenOffice.org incorrectly handled certain
encryption tags in Open Document Text (.odt) files. If a user were tricked
into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could cause
OpenOffice.org to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the user invoking the program.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  openoffice.org-core             1:3.2.0-7ubuntu4.4

After a standard system update you need to restart OpenOffice.org to make
all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1537-1
  CVE-2012-2665

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/1:3.2.0-7ubuntu4.4


Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: USN-1537-1 High: OpenOffice.org Code Execution

ubuntu
Calendar Grey August 14, 2012
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
A security flaw in LibreOffice may result in system instability or unauthorized script execution on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.
OpenOffice.org could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: openoffice.org-core 1:3.2.0-7ubuntu4.4 After a standard system update you need to restart OpenOffice.org to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1537-1

CVE-2012-2665

August 13, 2012

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/1:3.2.0-7ubuntu4.4

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