--- title: 'USN-482-1: OpenOffice.org vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices' description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-482-1 --- 1. [Ubuntu Security Notices](https://ubuntu.com/security/notices) 2. USN-482-1 --- # USN-482-1: OpenOffice.org vulnerability Publication date 11 July 2007 Overview OpenOffice.org vulnerability Releases [7.04](https://ubuntu.com/security/notices?release=feisty) [6.10](https://ubuntu.com/security/notices?release=edgy) [6.06](https://ubuntu.com/security/notices?release=dapper) --- Open side navigation ## 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. ## 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.](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: | Ubuntu Release | Package Version | | --- | --- | | 7.04 feisty | [openoffice.org-core](https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-482-1) –  2.2.0-1ubuntu4 | | | | 6.10 edgy | [openoffice.org-core](https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-482-1) –  2.0.4-0ubuntu6 | | | | 6.06 dapper | [openoffice.org2-base](https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-482-1) –  2.0.2-2ubuntu12.4 | | | | [openoffice.org-core](https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-482-1) –  2.0.2-2ubuntu12.4 | | | --- ### Reduce your security exposure Ubuntu Pro provides ten-year security coverage to 25,000+ packages in Main and Universe repositories, and it is free for up to five machines. [Get Ubuntu Pro](https://ubuntu.com/pro) ## References * [CVE-2007-0245](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-0245)