CentOS 3 / 4 : openoffice.org (CESA-2008:0176)

high Nessus Plugin ID 31997

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated openoffice.org 1.x packages to correct multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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.

A heap overflow flaw was found in the EMF parser. An attacker could create a carefully crafted EMF file that could cause OpenOffice.org to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code if the malicious EMF image was added to a document or if a document containing the malicious EMF file was opened by a victim. (CVE-2007-5746)

A heap overflow flaw was found in the OLE Structured Storage file parser. (OLE Structured Storage is a format used by Microsoft Office documents.) An attacker could create a carefully crafted OLE file that could cause OpenOffice.org to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code if the file was opened by a victim. (CVE-2008-0320)

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

Solution

Update the affected openoffice.org packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 31997

File Name: centos_RHSA-2008-0176.nasl

Version: 1.22

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: CentOS Local Security Checks

Published: 4/22/2008

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 8.1

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/17/2008

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/17/2008

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Metasploit (OpenOffice OLE Importer DocumentSummaryInformation Stream Handling Overflow)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-5746, CVE-2008-0320

BID: 28819

CWE: 119, 189

RHSA: 2008:0176

Detections

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