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Severity: Normal

    Title: OpenOffice.org: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

     Date: July 09, 2008

     Bugs: #225723

       ID: 200807-05

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Synopsis

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An integer overflow vulnerability has been reported in OpenOffice.org.

Background

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OpenOffice.org is an open source office productivity suite, including word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, drawing, data charting, formula editing, and file conversion facilities.

Affected packages

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   -------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package                    /  Vulnerable  /            Unaffected

   -------------------------------------------------------------------

 1  app-office/openoffice           < 2.4.1                  >= 2.4.1

 2  app-office/openoffice-bin       < 2.4.1                  >= 2.4.1

   -------------------------------------------------------------------

    2 affected packages on all of their supported architectures.

   -------------------------------------------------------------------

Description

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Sean Larsson (iDefense Labs) reported an integer overflow in the function rtl_allocateMemory() in the file sal/rtl/source/alloc_global.c.

Impact

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A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted document, possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application.

Workaround

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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

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All OpenOffice.org users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync

 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-office/openoffice-2.4.1"

All OpenOffice.org binary users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync

 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-office/openoffice-bin-2.4.1"

References

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 [ 1 ] CVE-2008-2152

       cve.mitre.org/.../cvename.cgi

Availability

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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

 security.gentoo.org/.../glsa-200807-05.xml