Security
Security
A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in OpenOffice.org, allowing for the remote execution of arbitrary code.
| Package | app-office/openoffice on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 2.3.0 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 2.3.0 |
| Package | app-office/openoffice-bin on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 2.3.0 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 2.3.0 |
OpenOffice.org is an open source office productivity suite, including word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, drawing, data charting, formula editing, and file conversion facilities.
iDefense Labs reported that the TIFF parsing code uses untrusted values to calculate buffer sizes, which can lead to an integer overflow resulting in heap-based buffer overflow.
A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted document, possibly leading to execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running OpenOffice.org.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All OpenOffice.org users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-office/openoffice-2.3.0"
All OpenOffice.org binary users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-office/openoffice-bin-2.3.0"
Release date
October 23, 2007
Latest revision
October 23, 2007: 01
Severity
normal
Exploitable
remote
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