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CentOS 3 / 4 : openoffice.org (CESA-2009:1426)

high Nessus Plugin ID 40878

Synopsis

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

Description

Updated openoffice.org packages that correct security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5.

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 a drawing program.

An integer underflow flaw and a boundary error flaw, both possibly leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, were found in the way OpenOffice.org parses certain records in Microsoft Word documents. An attacker could create a specially crafted Microsoft Word document, which once opened by an unsuspecting user, could cause OpenOffice.org to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running OpenOffice.org. (CVE-2009-0200, CVE-2009-0201)

All users of OpenOffice.org are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues.
All running instances of OpenOffice.org applications must be restarted for this update to take effect.

Solution

Update the affected openoffice.org packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?56f89aa2

http://www.nessus.org/u?a2f3aee7

http://www.nessus.org/u?3ac9a2aa

http://www.nessus.org/u?446c47e3

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 40878

File Name: centos_RHSA-2009-1426.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/8/2009

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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: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, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org2-base, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org2-calc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org2-core, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org2-draw, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org2-emailmerge, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org2-graphicfilter, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org2-impress, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org2-javafilter, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org2-langpack-af_za, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org2-langpack-ar, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org2-langpack-bg_bg, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org2-langpack-bn, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org2-langpack-ca_es, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org2-langpack-cs_cz, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org2-langpack-cy_gb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org2-langpack-da_dk, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org2-langpack-de, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org2-langpack-el_gr, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org2-langpack-es, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org2-langpack-et_ee, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org2-langpack-eu_es, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org2-langpack-fi_fi, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org2-langpack-fr, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org2-langpack-ga_ie, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org2-langpack-gl_es, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org2-langpack-gu_in, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org2-langpack-he_il, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org2-langpack-hi_in, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org2-langpack-hr_hr, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org2-langpack-hu_hu, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org2-langpack-it, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org2-langpack-ja_jp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org2-langpack-ko_kr, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org2-langpack-lt_lt, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org2-langpack-ms_my, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org2-langpack-nb_no, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org2-langpack-nl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org2-langpack-nn_no, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org2-langpack-pa_in, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org2-langpack-pl_pl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org2-langpack-pt_br, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org2-langpack-pt_pt, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org2-langpack-ru, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org2-langpack-sk_sk, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org2-langpack-sl_si, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org2-langpack-sr_cs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org2-langpack-sv, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org2-langpack-ta_in, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org2-langpack-th_th, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org2-langpack-tr_tr, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org2-langpack-zh_cn, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org2-langpack-zh_tw, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org2-langpack-zu_za, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org2-math, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org2-pyuno, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org2-testtools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org2-writer, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openoffice.org2-xsltfilter, 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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/5/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/2/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-0200, CVE-2009-0201

BID: 36200

CWE: 119, 189

RHSA: 2009:1426