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OpenOffice 2 TIFF Parsing Integer Overflow Vulnerabilities
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA26816
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Release Date:
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2007-09-18
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Popularity:
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6,877 views
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Critical:
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Highly critical
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Impact:
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System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | OpenOffice.org 2.x
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Binary Analysis:
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BA228 :: Available for 1 Credit 
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2007-2834
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Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in OpenOffice, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerabilities are caused due to integer overflows when processing certain tags within TIFF images. This can be exploited to cause heap-based buffer overflows by e.g. tricking a user into opening a specially crafted document.
Successful exploitation may allow the execution of arbitrary code.
The vulnerabilities are reported in versions prior to 2.3.
Solution:
Update to version 2.3.
http://download.openoffice.org/index.html
Provided and/or discovered by:
Discovered by an anonymous researcher and reported via iDefense Labs.
Original Advisory:
OpenOffice.org:
http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2007-2834.html
iDefense Labs:
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=593
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