Description: A vulnerability has been identified in OpenOffice allowing malicious people to cause a Denial of Service.
If UNO (Universal Network Objects) is enabled and configured to listen on an IP address reachable from the network, it is possible for malicious people to crash OpenOffice. The problem is that the UNO service can't handle malformed input.
The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 1.1.0.
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: Allow only trusted IPs to access the service if UNO is needed.
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