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OpenOffice RTF File and FreeType Font Parsing Vulnerabilities
Secunia Advisory:	SA25648	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2007-06-13
Last Update:	2007-06-14
Popularity:	10,228 views

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

Software:	OpenOffice 1.0.x OpenOffice 1.1.x OpenOffice.org 2.x

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CVE reference:	CVE-2007-0245 CVE-2007-2754

Description: Some vulnerabilities have been reported in OpenOffice, which can potentially be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. 1) An error exists when parsing the "prdata" tag in RTF files where the first token is smaller that the second one. This can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow by e.g. tricking a user into opening a specially crafted RTF files. 2) A vulnerability is caused due to the use of a vulnerable copy of the FreeType library, which can be exploited to cause a heap based buffer overflow by e.g. tricking a user into opening a specially crafted document. For more information: SA25350 Successful exploitation may allow the execution of arbitrary code. Solution: Update to version 2.2.1. Provided and/or discovered by: 1) John Heasman, NGSSoftware 2) Originally reported in the FreeType library by Victor Stinner (INL) Changelog: 2007-06-14: Updated advisory with new information from NGSSoftware. Added vulnerability #2 and CVE reference. Added links to OpenOffice.org and NGSoftware. Updated "Solution" section. Original Advisory: NGSSoftware: http://www.ngssoftware.com/advisories...-in-openoffice-rtf-document-handling/ OpenOffice.org: http://www.openoffice.org/security/CVE-2007-0245.html http://www.openoffice.org/security/CVE-2007-2754.html Debian: http://www.us.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1307 Other References: Debian: http://www.us.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1307 SA25350: http://secunia.com/advisories/25350/

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