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openoffice -- DOC document heap overflow vulnerability

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

FreeBSD Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

5.1

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

15 years ago

Modified

Modified

7 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory.

Insight

Insight

The following packages are affected: openoffice ar-openoffice ca-openoffice cs-openoffice de-openoffice dk-openoffice el-openoffice es-openoffice et-openoffice fi-openoffice fr-openoffice gr-openoffice hu-openoffice it-openoffice ja-openoffice ko-openoffice nl-openoffice pl-openoffice pt-openoffice pt_BR-openoffice ru-openoffice se-openoffice sk-openoffice sl-openoffice-SI tr-openoffice zh-openoffice-CN zh-openoffice-TW jp-openoffice kr-openoffice sl-openoffice-SL zh-openoffice zh_TW-openoffice CVE-2005-0941 The StgCompObjStream::Load function in OpenOffice.org OpenOffice 1.1.4 and earlier allocates memory based on 16 bit length values, but process memory using 32 bit values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a DOC document with certain length values, which leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.

Solution

Solution

Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades. http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=46388 http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=111325305109137 http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/b206dd82-ac67-11d9-a788-0001020eed82.html

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