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  2. USN-840-1

USN-840-1: OpenOffice.org vulnerabilities

Publication date

1 October 2009

Overview

OpenOffice.org vulnerabilities

Releases

Packages

Details

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)

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)

Update instructions

After a standard system upgrade you need to restart OpenOffice.org to effect the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
9.04 jaunty openoffice.org-core –  1:3.0.1-9ubuntu3.1
8.10 intrepid openoffice.org-core –  1:2.4.1-11ubuntu2.2
8.04 hardy openoffice.org-core –  1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2.2

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