Important: openoffice.org security update
Security Advisory: Important
Updated openoffice.org packages that fix one security issue are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having
important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)
base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the
CVE link 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. OpenOffice.org
embeds a copy of Raptor, which provides parsers for Resource Description
Framework (RDF) files.
An XML External Entity expansion flaw was found in the way Raptor processed
RDF files. If OpenOffice.org were to open a specially-crafted file (such
as an OpenDocument Format or OpenDocument Presentation file), it could
possibly allow a remote attacker to obtain a copy of an arbitrary local
file that the user running OpenOffice.org had access to. A bug in the way
Raptor handled external entities could cause OpenOffice.org to crash or,
possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running
OpenOffice.org. (CVE-2012-0037)
Red Hat would like to thank Timothy D. Morgan of VSR for reporting this
issue.
All OpenOffice.org users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,
which contain backported patches to correct this issue. 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
https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258
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