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OpenOffice ".doc" Document Handling Buffer Overflow

Secunia Advisory:	SA14912
Release Date:	2005-04-13
Last Update:	2005-09-15

Critical:	Highly critical
Impact:	System access
Where:	From remote
Solution Status:	Vendor Patch

Software:	OpenOffice 1.1.x

CVE reference:	CVE-2005-0941 (Secunia mirror)

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Description: AD-LAB has reported a vulnerability in OpenOffice, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the "StgCompObjStream::Load()" function when processing ".doc" document files. This can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow by tricking a user into opening a malicious document containing a specially crafted header. Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code. The vulnerability has been reported in versions 1.1.4 and prior and in the 2.0 beta release. Do you have this product installed on your home computer? Scan using the free Personal Software Inspector. Check if a vulnerable version is installed on computers in your corporate network, scan using the Network Software Inspector. Solution: Update to version 1.1.5. http://download.openoffice.org/1.1.5/index.html Provided and/or discovered by: AD-LAB Changelog: 2005-04-19: Escalated criticality based on SUSE advisory. 2005-09-15: Updated "Solution" section. Original Advisory: OpenOffice Bug Report: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=46388



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