Security
Security
An integer overflow vulnerability has been reported in OpenOffice.org.
| Package | app-office/openoffice on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 2.4.1 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 2.4.1 |
| Package | app-office/openoffice-bin on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 2.4.1 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 2.4.1 |
OpenOffice.org is an open source office productivity suite, including word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, drawing, data charting, formula editing, and file conversion facilities.
Sean Larsson (iDefense Labs) reported an integer overflow in the function rtl_allocateMemory() in the file sal/rtl/source/alloc_global.c.
A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted document, possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All OpenOffice.org users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-office/openoffice-2.4.1"
All OpenOffice.org binary users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-office/openoffice-bin-2.4.1"
Release date
July 09, 2008
Latest revision
July 09, 2008: 01
Severity
normal
Exploitable
remote
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