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CentOS 5 : openoffice.org (CESA-2008:0835)

high Nessus Plugin ID 43706

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated openoffice.org packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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, presentation manager, formula editor, and a drawing program.

A numeric truncation error was found in the OpenOffice.org memory allocator. If a carefully crafted file was opened by a victim, an attacker could use this flaw to crash OpenOffice.org or, possibly, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2008-3282)

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

Solution

Update the affected openoffice.org packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?3de21b57

http://www.nessus.org/u?818be9a5

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 43706

File Name: centos_RHSA-2008-0835.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/6/2010

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-base, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-calc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-core, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-draw, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-emailmerge, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-graphicfilter, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-headless, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-impress, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-javafilter, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-langpack-af_za, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-langpack-ar, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-langpack-as_in, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-langpack-bg_bg, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-langpack-bn, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-langpack-ca_es, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-langpack-cs_cz, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-langpack-cy_gb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-langpack-da_dk, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-langpack-de, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-langpack-el_gr, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-langpack-es, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-langpack-et_ee, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-langpack-eu_es, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-langpack-fi_fi, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-langpack-fr, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-langpack-ga_ie, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-langpack-gl_es, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-langpack-gu_in, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-langpack-he_il, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-langpack-hi_in, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-langpack-hr_hr, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-langpack-hu_hu, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-langpack-it, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-langpack-ja_jp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-langpack-kn_in, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-langpack-ko_kr, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-langpack-lt_lt, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-langpack-ml_in, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-langpack-mr_in, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-langpack-ms_my, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-langpack-nb_no, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-langpack-nl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-langpack-nn_no, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-langpack-nr_za, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-langpack-nso_za, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-langpack-or_in, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-langpack-pa_in, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-langpack-pl_pl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-langpack-pt_br, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-langpack-pt_pt, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-langpack-ru, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-langpack-sk_sk, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-langpack-sl_si, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-langpack-sr_cs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-langpack-ss_za, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-langpack-st_za, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-langpack-sv, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-langpack-ta_in, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-langpack-te_in, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-langpack-th_th, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-langpack-tn_za, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-langpack-tr_tr, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-langpack-ts_za, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-langpack-ur, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-langpack-ve_za, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-langpack-xh_za, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-langpack-zh_cn, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-langpack-zh_tw, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-langpack-zu_za, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-math, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-pyuno, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-sdk, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-sdk-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-testtools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-writer, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org-xsltfilter, cpe:/o:centos:centos:5

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/30/2008

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/29/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-3282

BID: 30866

CWE: 189

RHSA: 2008:0835