Ubuntu Security Notices
USN-444-1

USN-444-1: OpenOffice.org vulnerabilities

Publication date

27 March 2007

Overview

OpenOffice.org vulnerabilities

Releases

Details

A stack overflow was discovered in OpenOffice.org’s StarCalc parser. If
a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted document, a remote
attacker could execute arbitrary code with user privileges.
(CVE-2007-0238)

A flaw was discovered in OpenOffice.org’s link handling code. If a user
were tricked into clicking a link in a specially crafted document, a
remote attacker could execute arbitrary shell commands with user
privileges. (CVE-2007-0239)

Update instructions

After a standard system upgrade you need to restart OpenOffice, or reboot your computer 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
6.10 edgy	openoffice.org-calc – 2.0.4-0ubuntu5
6.10 edgy	openoffice.org-core – 2.0.4-0ubuntu5
6.06 dapper	openoffice.org2-base – 2.0.2-2ubuntu12.3
	openoffice.org-calc – 2.0.2-2ubuntu12.3
	ia32-libs-openoffice.org – 11.0.2
	openoffice.org2-calc – 2.0.2-2ubuntu12.3
	openoffice.org-core – 2.0.2-2ubuntu12.3
5.10 breezy	openoffice.org2-core – 1.9.129-0.1ubuntu4.3-1
5.10 breezy	openoffice.org2-calc – 1.9.129-0.1ubuntu4.3-1

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USN-444-1: OpenOffice.org vulnerabilities

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