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Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:006 (openoffice.org)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to openoffice.org announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:006.
Insight
Insight
Heap-based overflow on functions to manipulate WMF and EMF files in OpenOffice.org documments enables remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on documments holding certain crafted either WMF or EMF files (CVE-2008-2237) (CVE-2008-2238). This update provide the fix for these security issues and further openoffice.org-voikko package has been updated as it depends on openoffice.org packages. Affected: 2008.0, 2008.1
Solution
Solution
To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDVSA-2009:006