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Foresight alert FLEA-2007-0004-1 (openoffice.org)

From:  Foresight Linux Essential Announcement Service <foresight-security-noreply@foresightlinux.org>
To:  foresight-security-announce@lists.rpath.org
Subject:  FLEA-2007-0004-1: openoffice.org
Date:  Thu, 29 Mar 2007 16:07:06 -0400
Cc:  lwn@lwn.net, full-disclosure@lists.grok.org.uk, bugtraq@securityfocus.com

Foresight Linux Essential Advisory: 2007-0004-1 Published: 2007-03-29 Rating: Moderate Updated Versions: openoffice.org=/conary.rpath.com@rpl:devel//1//foresight.rpath.org@fl:1-devel//1/2.2.0-0.0.5-1 group-dist=/foresight.rpath.org@fl:1-devel//1/1.1-0.11-2 References: https://issues.foresightlinux.org/browse/FL-211 http://www.openoffice.org/security/CVE-2007-0239.html http://www.openoffice.org/security/CVE-2007-0238.html http://www.openoffice.org/security/CVE-2007-2.html Description: Previous versions of openoffice.org were vulnerable to multiple issues which could be exploited to execute arbitrary code at the permission level of the user running openoffice (usually non-root). Attack vectors include coercing a user into opening a URL which contains an exploit, coercing the user into opening a vulnerable WordPerfect file (via bundled libwpd), and coercing a user into opening a vulnerable StarCalc document.


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