Security
Security
An unspecified vulnerability has been reported in OpenOffice.org, possibly allowing for the execution of arbitrary code.
| Package | app-office/openoffice on all architectures |
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| Affected versions | < 2.3.1 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 2.3.1 |
| Package | app-office/openoffice-bin on all architectures |
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| Affected versions | < 2.3.1 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 2.3.1 |
| Package | dev-db/hsqldb on all architectures |
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| Affected versions | < 1.8.0.9 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 1.8.0.9 |
OpenOffice.org is an open source office productivity suite, including word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, drawing, data charting, formula editing, and file conversion facilities.
The HSQLDB engine, as used in Openoffice.org, does not properly enforce restrictions to SQL statements.
A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted document, possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary Java code with the privileges of the user running OpenOffice.org.
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-2.3.1"
All OpenOffice.org binary users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-office/openoffice-bin-2.3.1"
All HSQLDB users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/hsqldb-1.8.0.9"