Details
John Heasman discovered that OpenOffice did not correctly validate the
sizes of tags in RTF documents. If a user were tricked into opening a
specially crafted document, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary
code with user privileges.
John Heasman discovered that OpenOffice did not correctly validate the
sizes of tags in RTF documents. If a user were tricked into opening a
specially crafted document, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary
code with user privileges.
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.04 feisty | openoffice.org-core – 2.2.0-1ubuntu4 | ||
| 6.10 edgy | openoffice.org-core – 2.0.4-0ubuntu6 | ||
| 6.06 dapper | openoffice.org2-base – 2.0.2-2ubuntu12.4 | ||
| openoffice.org-core – 2.0.2-2ubuntu12.4 | |||
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