Important: openoffice.org security update
Security Advisory: Important
Updated openoffice.org packages that correct multiple security issues are
now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5.
This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red
Hat Security Response Team.
OpenOffice.org is an office productivity suite that includes desktop
applications, such as a word processor, spreadsheet application,
presentation manager, formula editor, and a drawing program.
An integer overflow flaw, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, was
found in the way OpenOffice.org parsed XPM files. An attacker could create
a specially-crafted document, which once opened by a local, unsuspecting
user, could lead to arbitrary code execution with the permissions of the
user running OpenOffice.org. Note: This flaw affects embedded XPM files in
OpenOffice.org documents as well as stand-alone XPM files. (CVE-2009-2949)
An integer underflow flaw and a boundary error flaw, both possibly leading
to a heap-based buffer overflow, were found in the way OpenOffice.org
parsed certain records in Microsoft Word documents. An attacker could
create a specially-crafted Microsoft Word document, which once opened by a
local, unsuspecting user, could cause OpenOffice.org to crash or,
potentially, execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user
running OpenOffice.org. (CVE-2009-3301, CVE-2009-3302)
A heap-based buffer overflow flaw, leading to memory corruption, was found
in the way OpenOffice.org parsed GIF files. An attacker could create a
specially-crafted document, which once opened by a local, unsuspecting
user, could cause OpenOffice.org to crash. Note: This flaw affects embedded
GIF files in OpenOffice.org documents as well as stand-alone GIF files.
(CVE-2009-2950)
All users of OpenOffice.org are advised to upgrade to these updated
packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. All
running instances of OpenOffice.org applications must be restarted for this
update to take effect.
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259
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