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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200504-13 (OpenOffice)
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 updates announced in advisory GLSA 200504-13.
Insight
Insight
OpenOffice.Org is vulnerable to a heap overflow when processing DOC documents, which could lead to arbitrary code execution.
Solution
Solution
All OpenOffice.Org users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-office/openoffice-1.1.4-r1' All OpenOffice.Org binary users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-office/openoffice-bin-1.1.4-r1' All OpenOffice.Org Ximian users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose app-office/openoffice-ximian Note to PPC users: There is no stable OpenOffice.Org fixed version for the PPC architecture. Affected users should switch to the latest OpenOffice.Org Ximian version. Note to SPARC users: There is no stable OpenOffice.Org fixed version for the SPARC architecture. Affected users should switch to the latest OpenOffice.Org Ximian version. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200504-13 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=88863 http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=46388