A new security update has been released for Gentoo Linux - OpenOffice.org: EMF/WMF file handling vulnerabilities. Here the announcement:
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200701-07
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: OpenOffice.org: EMF/WMF file handling vulnerabilities
Date: January 12, 2007
Bugs: #159951
ID: 200701-07
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Synopsis
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A truncation error and integer overflows in the EMF/WMF file handling
of OpenOffice.org could be exploited to execute arbitrary code.
Background
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OpenOffice.org is an open source office productivity suite, including
word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, drawing, data charting,
formula editing, and file conversion facilities.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 app-office/openoffice-bin < 2.1.0 >= 2.1.0
2 app-office/openoffice < 2.0.4 >= 2.0.4
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2 affected packages on all of their supported architectures.
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Description
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John Heasman of NGSSoftware has discovered integer overflows in the
EMR_POLYPOLYGON and EMR_POLYPOLYGON16 processing and an error within
the handling of META_ESCAPE records.
Impact
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An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to cause heap overflows
and potentially execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user
running OpenOffice.org by enticing the user to open a document
containing a malicious WMF/EMF file.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround known at this time.
Resolution
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All OpenOffice.org binary users should update to version 2.1.0 or
later:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-office/openoffice-bin-2.1.0"
All OpenOffice.org users should update to version 2.0.4 or later:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-office/openoffice-2.0.4"
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2006-5870
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5870
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-07.xml
Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2007 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
