Integer underflow in filter/ww8/ww8par2.cxx in OpenOffice.org (OOo) before 3.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted sprmTDefTable table property modifier in a Word document.

This update of OpenOffice_org includes fixes for the following vulnerabilities :

  - XML signature weakness CVE-2009-2949: XPM Import Integer     Overflow CVE-2009-2950: GIF Import Heap Overflow     CVE-2009-3301: MS Word sprmTDefTable Memory Corruption     CVE-2009-3302: MS Word sprmTDefTable Memory Corruption     CVE-2010-0136: In the ooo-build variant of     OpenOffice_org VBA Macro support does not honor Macro     security settings. (CVE-2009-0217)

This also provides the maintenance update to OpenOffice.org-3.2.

OpenOffice.org Security Team reports :

Fixed in OpenOffice.org 3.2

CVE-2006-4339: Potential vulnerability from 3rd party libxml2 libraries

CVE-2009-0217: Potential vulnerability from 3rd party libxmlsec libraries

CVE-2009-2493: OpenOffice.org 3 for Windows bundles a vulnerable version of MSVC Runtime

CVE-2009-2949: Potential vulnerability related to XPM file processing

CVE-2009-2950: Potential vulnerability related to GIF file processing

CVE-2009-3301/2: Potential vulnerability related to MS-Word document processing

It was discovered that the XML HMAC signature system did not correctly check certain lengths. If an attacker sent a truncated HMAC, it could bypass authentication, leading to potential privilege escalation.
(CVE-2009-0217)

Sebastian Apelt and Frank Reissner discovered that OpenOffice did not correctly import XPM and GIF images. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could execute arbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2009-2949, CVE-2009-2950)

Nicolas Joly discovered that OpenOffice did not correctly handle certain Word documents. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted document, an attacker could execute arbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2009-3301, CVE-2009-3302)

It was discovered that OpenOffice did not correctly handle certain VBA macros correctly. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted document, an attacker could execute arbitrary macro commands, bypassing security controls. (CVE-2010-0136).

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

Updated openoffice.org packages that correct multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

OpenOffice.org is an office productivity suite that includes desktop applications, such as a word processor, spreadsheet application, presentation manager, formula editor, and a drawing program.

An integer overflow flaw, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, was found in the way OpenOffice.org parsed XPM files. An attacker could create a specially crafted document, which once opened by a local, unsuspecting user, could lead to arbitrary code execution with the permissions of the user running OpenOffice.org. Note: This flaw affects embedded XPM files in OpenOffice.org documents as well as stand-alone XPM files. (CVE-2009-2949)

An integer underflow flaw and a boundary error flaw, both possibly leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, were found in the way OpenOffice.org parsed certain records in Microsoft Word documents. An attacker could create a specially crafted Microsoft Word document, which once opened by a local, unsuspecting user, could cause OpenOffice.org to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running OpenOffice.org. (CVE-2009-3301, CVE-2009-3302)

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw, leading to memory corruption, was found in the way OpenOffice.org parsed GIF files. An attacker could create a specially crafted document, which once opened by a local, unsuspecting user, could cause OpenOffice.org to crash. Note: This flaw affects embedded GIF files in OpenOffice.org documents as well as stand-alone GIF files. (CVE-2009-2950)

All users of OpenOffice.org are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues.
All running instances of OpenOffice.org applications must be restarted for this update to take effect.

The version of Sun Microsystems OpenOffice.org installed on the remote host is prior to version 3.2. It is, therefore, affected by several issues :

  - Signatures may not be handled properly due to a     vulnerability in the libxml2 library. (CVE-2006-4339)

  - There is an HMAC truncation authentication bypass     vulnerability in the libxmlsec library. (CVE-2009-0217)

  - The application is bundled with a vulnerable version of     the Microsoft VC++ runtime. (CVE-2009-2493)

  - Specially crafted XPM files are not processed properly,     which could lead to arbitrary code execution.
    (CVE-2009-2949)

  - Specially crafted GIF files are not processed properly,     which could lead to arbitrary code execution.
    (CVE-2009-2950)

  - Specially crafted Microsoft Word documents are not     processed properly, which could lead to arbitrary code     execution. (CVE-2009-3301 / CVE-2009-3302)

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
51685	SuSE 10 Security Update : OpenOffice_org (ZYPP Patch Number 6884)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
44922	FreeBSD : openoffice.org -- multiple vulnerabilities (c97d7a37-2233-11df-96dd-001b2134ef46)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	high
44912	Ubuntu 8.04 LTS / 8.10 / 9.04 / 9.10 : openoffice.org vulnerabilities (USN-903-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
44598	CentOS 3 / 4 / 5 : openoffice.org (CESA-2010:0101)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	high
44597	Sun OpenOffice.org < 3.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	high

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