USN-1056-1: OpenOffice.org vulnerabilities
2 February 2011
openoffice.org vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 10.10
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 9.10
- Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities in OpenOffice.org
Software Description
- openoffice.org - office productivity suite
Details
Charlie Miller discovered several heap overflows in PPT processing. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted PPT document, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with user privileges. Ubuntu 10.10 was not affected. (CVE-2010-2935, CVE-2010-2936)
Marc Schoenefeld discovered that directory traversal was not correctly handled in XSLT, OXT, JAR, or ZIP files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted document, a remote attacker overwrite arbitrary files, possibly leading to arbitrary code execution with user privileges. (CVE-2010-3450)
Dan Rosenberg discovered multiple heap overflows in RTF and DOC processing. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted RTF or DOC document, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2010-3451, CVE-2010-3452, CVE-2010-3453, CVE-2010-3454)
Dmitri Gribenko discovered that OpenOffice.org did not correctly handle LD_LIBRARY_PATH in various tools. If a local attacker tricked a user or automated system into using OpenOffice.org from an attacker-controlled directory, they could execute arbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2010-3689)
Marc Schoenefeld discovered that OpenOffice.org did not correctly process PNG images. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted document, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2010-4253)
It was discovered that OpenOffice.org did not correctly process TGA images. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted document, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2010-4643)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 10.10
- openoffice.org-core - 1:3.2.1-7ubuntu1.1
- openoffice.org-impress - 1:3.2.1-7ubuntu1.1
- openoffice.org-writer - 1:3.2.1-7ubuntu1.1
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
- openoffice.org-core - 1:3.2.0-7ubuntu4.2
- openoffice.org-impress - 1:3.2.0-7ubuntu4.2
- openoffice.org-writer - 1:3.2.0-7ubuntu4.2
- Ubuntu 9.10
- openoffice.org-core - 1:3.1.1-5ubuntu1.3
- openoffice.org-impress - 1:3.1.1-5ubuntu1.3
- openoffice.org-writer - 1:3.1.1-5ubuntu1.3
- Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
- openoffice.org-core - 1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2.5
- openoffice.org-impress - 1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2.5
- openoffice.org-writer - 1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2.5
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.