openoffice.org/-amd64, openoffice.org2/-amd64 vulnerability

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2006-5870  

An integer overflow was discovered in OpenOffice.org’s handling of WMF files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted WMF file, an attacker could execute arbitrary code with user privileges.

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

12 January 2007

openoffice.org/-amd64, openoffice.org2/-amd64 vulnerability

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

  • Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
  • Ubuntu 5.10

Software Description

Details

An integer overflow was discovered in OpenOffice.org’s handling of WMF files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted WMF file, an attacker could execute arbitrary code with user privileges.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
openoffice.org-core - 2.0.2-2ubuntu12.2
Ubuntu 5.10
openoffice.org2-core - 1.9.129-0.1ubuntu4.2

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

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.

References