RHEL 3 / 4 : openoffice.org (RHSA-2006:0573)

high Nessus Plugin ID 21916

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated openoffice.org packages are now available.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

OpenOffice.org is an office productivity suite that includes desktop applications such as a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation manager, formula editor, and drawing program.

A Sun security specialist reported an issue with the application framework. An attacker could put macros into document locations that could cause OpenOffice.org to execute them when the file was opened by a victim. (CVE-2006-2198)

A bug was found in the OpenOffice.org Java virtual machine implementation. An attacker could write a carefully crafted Java applet that can break through the 'sandbox' and have full access to system resources with the current user privileges. (CVE-2006-2199)

A buffer overflow bug was found in the OpenOffice.org file processor.
An attacker could create a carefully crafted XML file that could cause OpenOffice.org to write data to an arbitrary location in memory when the file was opened by a victim. (CVE-2006-3117)

All users of OpenOffice.org are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported fixes for these issues.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 21916

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2006-0573.nasl

Version: 1.23

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 7/4/2006

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-i18n, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-kde, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-libs, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 7/3/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/30/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-2198, CVE-2006-2199, CVE-2006-3117

RHSA: 2006:0573

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