Dyon Balding discovered flaws in the way OpenOffice.org handled tables. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted Word document, a remote attacker might be able to execute arbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2009-0200, CVE-2009-0201)
A memory overflow flaw was discovered in OpenOffice.org’s handling of EMF files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted document, a remote attacker might be able to execute arbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2009-2139)
1 October 2009
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
Dyon Balding discovered flaws in the way OpenOffice.org handled tables. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted Word document, a remote attacker might be able to execute arbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2009-0200, CVE-2009-0201)
A memory overflow flaw was discovered in OpenOffice.org’s handling of EMF files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted document, a remote attacker might be able to execute arbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2009-2139)
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system upgrade you need to restart OpenOffice.org to effect the necessary changes.
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