[ GLSA 200707-02 ] OpenOffice.org: Two buffer overflows

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  Severity: Normal
     Title: OpenOffice.org: Two buffer overflows
      Date: July 02, 2007
      Bugs: #181773
        ID: 200707-02

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Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenOffice.org, allowing for the remote execution of arbitrary code.

Background

OpenOffice.org is an open source office productivity suite, including word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, drawing, data charting, formula editing, and file conversion facilities.

Affected packages

     Package                    /  Vulnerable  /            Unaffected
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  1  app-office/openoffice           < 2.2.1                  >= 2.2.1
  2  app-office/openoffice-bin       < 2.2.1                  >= 2.2.1
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     2 affected packages on all of their supported architectures.
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Description

John Heasman of NGSSoftware has discovered a heap-based buffer overflow when parsing the "prdata" tag in RTF files where the first token is smaller than the second one (CVE-2007-0245). Additionally, the OpenOffice binary program is shipped with a version of FreeType that contains an integer signedness error in the n_points variable in file truetype/ttgload.c, which was covered by GLSA 200705-22 (CVE-2007-2754). Impact

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A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted document, possibly leading to execution of arbitrary code with the rights of the user running OpenOffice.org.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All OpenOffice.org users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-office/openoffice-2.2.1"

All OpenOffice.org binary users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-office/openoffice-bin-2.2.1"

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References

  [ 1 ] CVE-2007-0245
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0245   [ 2 ] CVE-2007-2754
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-2754   [ 3 ] GLSA 200705-22
        http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200705-22.xml

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

  http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-02.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License

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