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OpenOffice Multiple Vulnerabilties and Security Issue

Secunia Advisory:

SA32419

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Release Date:

2008-10-29

Last Update:

2008-11-11

Popularity:

9,749 views

Critical:

Highly critical

Impact:

Privilege escalation
System access

Where:

From remote

Solution Status:

Vendor Patch

Software:

OpenOffice.org 2.x

Binary Analysis:

BA592 :: Available for 1 Credit

BA598 :: Available for 1 Credit

BA599 :: Available for 1 Credit

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Solution:
Update to version 2.4.2.

Provided and/or discovered by:
1) The vendor credits an anonymous researcher working with the SureRun Security Team
2) Sebastian Apelt and Code Audit Labs, reported via iDefense Labs
3) Reported by Dmitry E. Oboukhov in a Debian bug report.

Changelog:
2008-11-03: Updated "Description" and "Credits" section with new information provided by iDefense Labs. Added link to "Original Advisory" section.
2008-11-04: Added vulnerability #3 to the advisory. Updated credits and the "Original Advisory" section.
2008-11-11: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
OpenOffice.org:
http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2008-2237.html
http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2008-2238.html

iDefense Labs:
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=750

Debian:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496361

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