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Ubuntu 8.04 LTS / 8.10 / 9.04 : openoffice.org vulnerabilities (USN-840-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 41969

Synopsis

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

Description

Dyon Balding discovered flaws in the way OpenOffice.org handled tables. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted Word document, a remote attacker might be able to execute arbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2009-0200, CVE-2009-0201)

A memory overflow flaw was discovered in OpenOffice.org's handling of EMF files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted document, a remote attacker might be able to execute arbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2009-2139).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/840-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 41969

File Name: ubuntu_USN-840-1.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/2/2009

Updated: 1/19/2021

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: 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:canonical:ubuntu_linux:broffice.org, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:cli-uno-bridge, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmythes-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libuno-cil, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libuno-cli-basetypes1.0-cil, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libuno-cli-cppuhelper1.0-cil, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libuno-cli-oootypes1.0-cil, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libuno-cli-types1.1-cil, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libuno-cli-ure1.0-cil, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libuno-cli-uretypes1.0-cil, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mozilla-openoffice.org, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-base, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-base-core, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-calc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-core, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-dev-doc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-draw, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-dtd-officedocument1.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-emailmerge, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-evolution, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-filter-binfilter, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-filter-mobiledev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-gcj, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-gnome, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-gtk, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-headless, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-impress, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-java-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-kab, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-kde, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-l10n-in, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-l10n-za, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-math, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-officebean, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-ogltrans, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-pdfimport, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-presentation-minimizer, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-presenter-console, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-qa-api-tests, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-qa-tools, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-report-builder, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-report-builder-bin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-sdbc-postgresql, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-style-andromeda, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-style-crystal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-style-galaxy, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-style-hicontrast, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-style-human, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-style-industrial, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-style-tango, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-wiki-publisher, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-writer, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-uno, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ttf-opensymbol, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:uno-libs3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:uno-libs3-dbg, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ure, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ure-dbg, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.04

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/1/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-0200, CVE-2009-0201, CVE-2009-2139

BID: 36200

CWE: 119, 189, 94

USN: 840-1