Fedora Core 6 : openoffice.org-2.0.4-5.5.23 (2007-572)

high Nessus Plugin ID 25507

Synopsis

The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.

Description

A heap overflow flaw was found in the RTF import filer. An attacker could create a carefully crafted RTF file that could cause OpenOffice.org to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code if the file was opened by a victim. (CVE-2007-0245)

All users of OpenOffice.org are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported fix to correct this issue.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?571531f4

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 25507

File Name: fedora_2007-572.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/14/2007

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-base, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-calc, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-core, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-draw, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-emailmerge, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-graphicfilter, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-impress, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-javafilter, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-langpack-af_za, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-langpack-ar, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-langpack-as_in, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-langpack-bg_bg, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-langpack-bn, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-langpack-ca_es, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-langpack-cs_cz, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-langpack-cy_gb, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-langpack-da_dk, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-langpack-de, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-langpack-el_gr, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-langpack-es, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-langpack-et_ee, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-langpack-eu_es, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-langpack-fi_fi, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-langpack-fr, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-langpack-ga_ie, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-langpack-gl_es, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-langpack-gu_in, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-langpack-he_il, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-langpack-hi_in, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-langpack-hr_hr, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-langpack-hu_hu, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-langpack-it, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-langpack-ja_jp, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-langpack-kn_in, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-langpack-ko_kr, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-langpack-lt_lt, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-langpack-ml_in, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-langpack-mr_in, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-langpack-ms_my, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-langpack-nb_no, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-langpack-nl, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-langpack-nn_no, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-langpack-nr_za, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-langpack-nso_za, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-langpack-or_in, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-langpack-pa_in, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-langpack-pl_pl, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-langpack-pt_br, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-langpack-pt_pt, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-langpack-ru, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-langpack-sk_sk, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-langpack-sl_si, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-langpack-sr_cs, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-langpack-ss_za, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-langpack-st_za, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-langpack-sv, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-langpack-ta_in, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-langpack-te_in, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-langpack-th_th, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-langpack-tn_za, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-langpack-tr_tr, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-langpack-ts_za, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-langpack-ur, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-langpack-ve_za, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-langpack-xh_za, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-langpack-zh_cn, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-langpack-zh_tw, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-langpack-zu_za, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-math, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-pyuno, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-testtools, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-writer, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openoffice.org-xsltfilter, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora_core:6

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 6/12/2007

Reference Information

FEDORA: 2007-572