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GLSA-200405-04 : OpenOffice.org vulnerability when using DAV servers

medium Nessus Plugin ID 14490

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200405-04 (OpenOffice.org vulnerability when using DAV servers)

 OpenOffice.org includes code from the Neon library in functions related to publication on WebDAV servers. This library is vulnerable to several format string attacks.
 Impact :

 If you use the WebDAV publication and connect to a malicious WebDAV server, this server can exploit these vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code with the rights of the user running OpenOffice.org.
 Workaround :

 As a workaround, you should not use the WebDAV publication facilities.

Solution

There is no Ximian OpenOffice.org binary version including the fix yet. All users of the openoffice-ximian-bin package making use of the WebDAV openoffice-ximian source-based package.
 openoffice users on the x86 architecture should:
 # emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=app-office/openoffice-1.1.1-r1' # emerge '>=app-office/openoffice-1.1.1-r1' openoffice users on the sparc architecture should:
 # emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=app-office/openoffice-1.1.0-r3' # emerge '>=app-office/openoffice-1.1.0-r3' openoffice users on the ppc architecture should:
 # emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=app-office/openoffice-1.0.3-r1' # emerge '>=app-office/openoffice-1.0.3-r1' openoffice-ximian users should:
 # emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=app-office/openoffice-ximian-1.1.51-r1' # emerge '>=app-office/openoffice-ximian-1.1.51-r1' openoffice-bin users should:
 # emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=app-office/openoffice-bin-1.1.2' # emerge '>=app-office/openoffice-bin-1.1.2'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200405-01

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200405-04

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 14490

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200405-04.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Published: 8/30/2004

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:openoffice, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:openoffice-bin, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:openoffice-ximian, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:openoffice-ximian-bin, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list, Host/Gentoo/arch

Patch Publication Date: 5/11/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0179

GLSA: 200405-04