(Red Hat Issues Fix) OpenOffice.org Office Suite Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code or Shell Commands
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1017810 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1017810
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2007-0238, CVE-2007-0239
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Mar 22 2007
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Impact:
Execution of arbitrary code via network, User access via network
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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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.
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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.
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Solution:
Red Hat has issued a fix.
The Red Hat advisory is available at:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0033.html
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Vendor URL: www.openoffice.org/security/CVE-2007-0238 (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Boundary error, Input validation error
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Underlying OS:
Linux (Red Hat Enterprise)
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Message History:
This archive entry is a follow-up to the message listed below.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 08:25:23 -0500
Subject: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0033.html
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> Security Advisory Important: openoffice.org security update
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0033.html
CVE-2007-0238
CVE-2007-0239
CVE-2007-1466
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