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Debian Security Advisory DSA 1661-1 (openoffice.org)

Information

Severity

Severity

Critical

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

9.3

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

15 years ago

Modified

Modified

6 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update to openoffice.org announced via advisory DSA 1661-1.

Insight

Insight

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the OpenOffice.org office suite: CVE-2008-2237 The SureRun Security team discovered a bug in the WMF file parser that can be triggered by manipulated WMF files and can lead to heap overflows and arbitrary code execution. CVE-2008-2238 An anonymous researcher working with the iDefense discovered a bug in the EMF file parser that can be triggered by manipulated EMF files and can lead to heap overflows and arbitrary code execution. For the stable distribution (etch) these problems have been fixed in version 2.0.4.dfsg.2-7etch6. For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 2.4.1-12. For the experimental distribution these problems have been fixed in version 3.0.0~rc3-1. We recommend that you upgrade your OpenOffice.org package.

Solution

Solution

https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201661-1

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