USN-609-1: OpenOffice.org vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 7.10
• Ubuntu 7.04
• Ubuntu 6.06

Packages

• hsqldb -
• openoffice.org -
• openoffice.org-amd64 -

Details

It was discovered that arbitrary Java methods were not filtered out when
opening databases in OpenOffice.org. If a user were tricked into running
a specially crafted query, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary
Java with user privileges. (CVE-2007-4575)

Multiple memory overflow flaws were discovered in OpenOffice.org's
handling of Quattro Pro, EMF, and OLE 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-2007-5745,
CVE-2007-5746, CVE-2007-5747, CVE-2008-0320)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 7.10

• libhsqldb-java - 1.8.0.8-1ubuntu1.1
• openoffice.org-core - 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.4

Ubuntu 7.04

• libhsqldb-java - 1.8.0.7-1ubuntu2.1
• openoffice.org-core - 2.2.0-1ubuntu6

Ubuntu 6.06

• openoffice.org2-base - 2.0.2-2ubuntu12.6
• libhsqldb-java - 1.8.0.2-1ubuntu1.1
• openoffice.org-core - 2.0.2-2ubuntu12.6

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

References

• CVE-2007-5745
• CVE-2008-0320
• CVE-2007-4575
• CVE-2007-5746
• CVE-2007-5747