GLSA-200704-12 : OpenOffice.org: Multiple vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 25057

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-200704-12 (OpenOffice.org: Multiple vulnerabilities)

John Heasman of NGSSoftware has discovered a stack-based buffer overflow in the StarCalc parser and an input validation error when processing metacharacters in a link. Also OpenOffice.Org includes code from libwpd making it vulnerable to heap-based overflows when converting WordPerfect document tables (GLSA 200704-07).
Impact :

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.

Solution

All OpenOffice.org users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-office/openoffice-2.1.0-r1' All OpenOffice.org binary users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-office/openoffice-bin-2.2.0'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200704-07

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200704-12

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 25057

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200704-12.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Published: 4/19/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

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

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: 4/16/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-0002, CVE-2007-0238, CVE-2007-0239

CWE: 119

GLSA: 200704-12