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

high Nessus Plugin ID 25660

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-200707-02 (OpenOffice.org: Two buffer overflows)

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 :

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-2.2.1' All OpenOffice.org binary users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-office/openoffice-bin-2.2.1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200705-22

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200707-02

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 25660

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200707-02.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Published: 7/3/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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: 7/2/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-0245, CVE-2007-2754

CWE: 119

GLSA: 200707-02