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OpenOffice UNO Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA9980
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Release Date:
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2003-10-09
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Popularity:
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6,996 views
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Critical:
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Not critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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From local network
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | OpenOffice 1.1.x
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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.
Solution:
Allow only trusted IPs to access the service if UNO is needed.
See also the OpenOffice documentation:
http://api.openoffice.org/docs/Develo...ps.htm#1+3+3+3+Make+the+office+listen
Provided and/or discovered by:
Marc Schoenefeld
Other References:
OpenOffice documentation:
http://api.openoffice.org/docs/Develo...ps.htm#1+3+3+3+Make+the+office+listen
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