GLSA-200603-25 : OpenOffice.org: Heap overflow in included libcurl

medium Nessus Plugin ID 21160

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200603-25 (OpenOffice.org: Heap overflow in included libcurl)

OpenOffice.org includes libcurl code. This libcurl code is vulnerable to a heap overflow when it tries to parse a URL that exceeds a 256-byte limit (GLSA 200512-09).
Impact :

An attacker could entice a user to call a specially crafted URL with OpenOffice.org, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the rights of the user running the application.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All OpenOffice.org binary users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-office/openoffice-bin-2.0.2' All OpenOffice.org users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-office/openoffice-2.0.1-r1'

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 21160

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200603-25.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 3/28/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:openoffice, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:openoffice-bin, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 3/27/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-4077

GLSA: 200603-25

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