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gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-200710-24.xml

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="200710-24">
<title>OpenOffice.org: Heap-based buffer overflow</title>
<synopsis>
A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in
OpenOffice.org, allowing for the remote execution of arbitrary code.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">openoffice</product>
<announced>October 23, 2007</announced>
<revised>October 23, 2007: 01</revised>
<bug>192818</bug>
<access>remote</access>
<affected>
<package name="app-office/openoffice" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">2.3.0</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="lt">2.3.0</vulnerable>
</package>
<package name="app-office/openoffice-bin" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">2.3.0</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="lt">2.3.0</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>
OpenOffice.org is an open source office productivity suite, including
word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, drawing, data charting,
formula editing, and file conversion facilities.
</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>
iDefense Labs reported that the TIFF parsing code uses untrusted values
to calculate buffer sizes, which can lead to an integer overflow
resulting in heap-based buffer overflow.
</p>
</description>
<impact type="normal">
<p>
A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted
document, possibly leading to execution of arbitrary code with the
privileges of the user running OpenOffice.org.
</p>
</impact>
<workaround>
<p>
There is no known workaround at this time.
</p>
</workaround>
<resolution>
<p>
All OpenOffice.org users should upgrade to the latest version:
</p>
<code>
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=app-office/openoffice-2.3.0&quot;</code>
<p>
All OpenOffice.org binary users should upgrade to the latest version:
</p>
<code>
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=app-office/openoffice-bin-2.3.0&quot;</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-2834">CVE-2007-2834</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sat, 20 Oct 2007 21:31:00 +0000">
p-y
</metadata>
<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Sat, 20 Oct 2007 21:31:08 +0000">
p-y
</metadata>
<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sun, 21 Oct 2007 10:52:39 +0000">
rbu
</metadata>
</glsa>