OpenOffice.org Office Suite Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code or Shell Commands
|
|
SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1017799 |
|
SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1017799
|
|
CVE Reference:
CVE-2007-0238, CVE-2007-0239
(Links to External Site)
|
Updated: Mar 28 2007
|
Original Entry Date: Mar 20 2007
|
Impact:
Execution of arbitrary code via network, User access via network
|
Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
|
Version(s): prior to 2.2
|
Description:
A vulnerability was reported in OpenOffice.org Office Suite. A remote user can cause arbitrary code to be executed on the target user's system.
A remote user can create a specially crafted document that, when loaded by the target user, will trigger a stack overflow in the StarCalc parser and execute arbitrary code on the target system [CVE-2007-0238]. The code will run with the privileges of the target user.
Next Generation Security discovered this vulnerability.
A remote user can create a specially crafted URI that, when loaded by the target user, will execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system [CVE-2007-0239]. The code will run with the privileges of the target user.
|
Impact:
A remote user can create a document that, when loaded by the target user, will execute arbitrary code on the target user's system.
|
Solution:
The vendor has issued a fix (2.2). Also, a patch is available for version 1.1.5.
The vendor's advisories are available at:
http://www.openoffice.org/security/CVE-2007-0238
http://www.openoffice.org/security/CVE-2007-0239
|
Vendor URL: www.openoffice.org/security/CVE-2007-0238 (Links to External Site)
|
Cause:
Boundary error, Input validation error
|
Underlying OS:
Linux (Any), UNIX (Any), Windows (Any)
|
|
Message History:
This archive entry has one or more follow-up message(s) listed below.
|
Source Message Contents
|
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 15:46:42 -0500
Subject: OpenOffice.org
|
Debian wrote:
CVE-2007-0238
Next Generation Security discovered that the StarCalc parser in
OpenOffice.org contains an easily exploitable stack overflow that
could be used exploited by a specially crafted document to execute
arbitrary code.
CVE-2007-0239
It has been reported that OpenOffice.org does not escape shell
meta characters and is hence vulnerable to execute arbitrary shell
commands via a specially crafted document after the user clicked
to a prepared link.
|
|
