1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-1537-1

USN-1537-1: OpenOffice.org vulnerability

Publication date

13 August 2012

Overview

OpenOffice.org could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.

Releases

Packages

Details

It was discovered that OpenOffice.org incorrectly handled certain
encryption tags in Open Document Text (.odt) files. If a user were tricked
into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could cause
OpenOffice.org to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the user invoking the program.

It was discovered that OpenOffice.org incorrectly handled certain
encryption tags in Open Document Text (.odt) files. If a user were tricked
into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could cause
OpenOffice.org to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the user invoking the program.

Update instructions

After a standard system update you need to restart OpenOffice.org to make all 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
10.04 lucid openoffice.org-core –  1:3.2.0-7ubuntu4.4

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