openoffice.org(2)/-amd64, ia32-libs-openoffice.org vulnerabilities

27 March 2007

openoffice.org(2)/-amd64, ia32-libs-openoffice.org vulnerabilities

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

• Ubuntu 6.10
• Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
• Ubuntu 5.10

Software Description

Details

A stack overflow was discovered in OpenOffice.org’s StarCalc parser. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted document, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with user privileges.
(CVE-2007-0238)

A flaw was discovered in OpenOffice.org’s link handling code. If a user were tricked into clicking a link in a specially crafted document, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary shell commands with user privileges. (CVE-2007-0239)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 6.10

openoffice.org-calc - 2.0.4-0ubuntu5

openoffice.org-core - 2.0.4-0ubuntu5

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS

ia32-libs-openoffice.org - 11.0.2

openoffice.org-calc - 2.0.2-2ubuntu12.3

openoffice.org-core - 2.0.2-2ubuntu12.3

openoffice.org2-base - 2.0.2-2ubuntu12.3

openoffice.org2-calc - 2.0.2-2ubuntu12.3

Ubuntu 5.10

openoffice.org2-calc - 1.9.129-0.1ubuntu4.3-1

openoffice.org2-core - 1.9.129-0.1ubuntu4.3-1

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

After a standard system upgrade you need to restart OpenOffice, or reboot your computer to effect the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2007-0238
• CVE-2007-0239