To: "PCWorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:37:53 -0500
TITLE:
OpenOffice "rtl_allocateMemory()" Integer Overflow
Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA30599
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30599/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
System access
WHERE:
From remote
SOFTWARE:
OpenOffice.org 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/6157/
DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in OpenOffice, which can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to an integer overflow error in
"rtl_allocateMemory()" and can be exploited to cause heap-based
buffer overflows via a specially crafted document.
Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.
The vulnerability is reported in versions 2.0 to 2.4.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 2.4.1.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
OpenOffice:
http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2008-2152.html
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