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RHEL 3 / 4 : openoffice.org (RHSA-2007:0033)
high Nessus Plugin ID 24896
Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.Description
Updated openoffice.org packages to correct security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4.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.
iDefense reported an integer overflow flaw in libwpd, a library used internally to OpenOffice.org for handling Word Perfect documents. An attacker could create a carefully crafted Word Perfect file that could cause OpenOffice.org to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code if the file was opened by a victim. (CVE-2007-1466)
John Heasman discovered a stack overflow in the StarCalc parser in OpenOffice.org. An attacker could create a carefully crafted StarCalc file that could cause OpenOffice.org to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code if the file was opened by a victim. (CVE-2007-0238)
Flaws were discovered in the way OpenOffice.org handled hyperlinks. An attacker could create an OpenOffice.org document which could run commands if a victim opened the file and clicked on a malicious hyperlink. (CVE-2007-0239)
All users of OpenOffice.org are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported fixes for these issues.
Red Hat would like to thank Fridrich Strba for alerting us to the issue CVE-2007-1466 and providing a patch, and John Heasman for CVE-2007-0238.
Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2007-0238
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2007-0239
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 24896
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2007-0033.nasl
Version: 1.27
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 3/26/2007
Updated: 1/14/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.3
Temporal Score: 6.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-i18n, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-libs, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-kde
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/22/2007
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/16/2007