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Debian DSA-2473-1 : openoffice.org - buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 59167

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Tielei Wang discovered that OpenOffice.org does not allocate a large enough memory region when processing a specially crafted JPEG object, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow and potentially arbitrary code execution.

Solution

Upgrade the openoffice.org packages.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1:3.2.1-11+squeeze5.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/openoffice.org

https://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2473

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 59167

File Name: debian_DSA-2473.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/17/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:openoffice.org, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/16/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-1149

DSA: 2473