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Debian DSA-2520-1 : openoffice.org - Multiple heap-based buffer overflows

high Nessus Plugin ID 61401

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Synopsis

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

Description

Timo Warns from PRE-CERT discovered multiple heap-based buffer overflows in OpenOffice.org, an office productivity suite. The issues lies in the XML manifest encryption tag parsing code. Using specially crafted files, an attacker can cause application crash and could cause 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+squeeze7.

openoffice.org package has been replaced by libreoffice in testing (wheezy) and unstable (sid) distributions.

See Also

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

https://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2520

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 61401

File Name: debian_DSA-2520.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/3/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous 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

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/1/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2665

BID: 54769

DSA: 2520