Important: openoffice.org security update
Security Advisory: Important
Updated openoffice.org packages that fix two security issues are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4.
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having
important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base
scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each
vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.
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 truncation error, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, was
found in the way the OpenOffice.org Impress presentation application
sanitized a file's dictionary property items. An attacker could use this
flaw to create a specially-crafted Microsoft Office PowerPoint file that,
when opened, would cause OpenOffice.org Impress to crash or, possibly,
execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running
OpenOffice.org Impress. (CVE-2010-2935)
An integer overflow flaw, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, was
found in the way OpenOffice.org Impress processed polygons in input
documents. An attacker could use this flaw to create a specially-crafted
Microsoft Office PowerPoint file that, when opened, would cause
OpenOffice.org Impress to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with
the privileges of the user running OpenOffice.org Impress. (CVE-2010-2936)
All users of OpenOffice.org are advised to upgrade to these updated
packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. For Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 3, this erratum provides updated openoffice.org
packages. For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, this erratum provides updated
openoffice.org and openoffice.org2 packages. All running instances of
OpenOffice.org applications must be restarted for this update to take
effect.
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via the 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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