Apache OpenOffice < 4.0 Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 69185

Synopsis

The remote Windows host has a program affected by multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of Apache OpenOffice installed on the remote host is prior to 4.0. It is, therefore, affected by memory corruption vulnerabilities related to the handling of PLCF (Plex of Character Positions in File) data and unknown XML elements in OOXML files. This can lead to application crashes and, potentially, other unspecified impacts.

Solution

Upgrade to Apache OpenOffice version 4.0 or later.

See Also

http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2013-4156.html

http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2013-2189.html

https://blogs.apache.org/OOo/entry/a_short_celebration_and_then

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 69185

File Name: openoffice_40.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 8/1/2013

Updated: 11/27/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-4156

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:apache:openoffice

Required KB Items: SMB/OpenOffice/Build

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/23/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/23/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-2189, CVE-2013-4156

BID: 61468, 61465