USN-840-1: OpenOffice.org vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 9.04
• Ubuntu 8.10
• Ubuntu 8.04

Packages

• openoffice.org -

Details

Dyon Balding discovered flaws in the way OpenOffice.org handled tables. If
a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted Word document, a
remote attacker might be able to execute arbitrary code with user
privileges. (CVE-2009-0200, CVE-2009-0201)

A memory overflow flaw was discovered in OpenOffice.org's handling of EMF
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-2009-2139)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 9.04

• openoffice.org-core - 1:3.0.1-9ubuntu3.1

Ubuntu 8.10

• openoffice.org-core - 1:2.4.1-11ubuntu2.2

Ubuntu 8.04

• openoffice.org-core - 1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2.2

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

References

• CVE-2009-0200
• CVE-2009-0201
• CVE-2009-2139