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Ubuntu: USN-524-1 Critical: OpenOffice Integer Overflow Attack

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Calendar Grey October 4, 2007
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
A buffer overflow flaw in LibreOffice permits malicious actors to run unauthorized commands with the rights of the user. It is recommended to apply the latest patch.
An integer overflow was discovered in the TIFF handling code in OpenOffice. If a user were tricked into loading a malicious TIFF image, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary...

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security advisory update critical remote code execution integer overflow ubuntu openoffice

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-524-1 October 04, 2007

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security advisory update critical remote code execution integer overflow ubuntu openoffice

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