Debian alert DSA-2520-1 (openoffice.org) [LWN.net]


From:
    	       Yves-Alexis Perez <corsac@debian.org> 
To:
    	       debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org 
Subject:
    	       [SECURITY] [DSA 2520-1] openoffice.org security update 
Date:
    	       Thu,  2 Aug 2012 21:31:04 +0200 (CEST)
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    	       <20120802193109.0504835EF@scapa.corsac.net>
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-2520-1                   security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/                         Yves-Alexis Perez
August 01, 2012                        http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : openoffice.org
Vulnerability  : Multiple heap-based buffer overflows
Problem type   : local
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID         : CVE-2012-2665
Debian Bug     : 

Timo Warns from PRE-CERT discovered multiple heap-based buffer overflows in
OpenOffice.org, an office productivity suite. The issues lies in the XML
manifest encryption tag parsing code. Using specially crafted files, an
attacker can cause application crash and could cause arbitrary code execution.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 3.2.1-11+squeeze7.

openoffice.org package has been replaced by libreoffice in testing (wheezy) and
unstable (sid) distributions.

For the testing distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 1:3.5.4-7.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 1:3.5.4-7.

We recommend that you upgrade your openoffice.org packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/

Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
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Debian security update to openoffice.org

Posted Aug 3, 2012 18:46 UTC (Fri) by jimparis (subscriber, #38647) [Link]

>I was very surprised to see that name. For a veeeery long time, it's been named libreoffice in debian. Openoffice is just a transitional package that depends on libreoffice.

It is still openoffice in the most recently released stable version of Debian, which is still "squeeze". You're thinking of the unreleased testing distro, "wheezy"

As the advisory says:

> openoffice.org package has been replaced by libreoffice in testing (wheezy) and unstable (sid) distributions.

The versions they list for wheezy and sid are version numbers for the libreoffice packages.

Debian security update to openoffice.org

Posted Aug 3, 2012 19:08 UTC (Fri) by micka (subscriber, #38720) [Link]

Ah I read too fast, thanks.

Actually, I wasn't even thinking of wheezy but of sid (even if at the moment, they're not really different).

I had forgotten that there was something even older than Wheezy that still had security updates. Not that stable has no use : I have a NAS with Squeeze (because the trouble caused by a broken upgrade is greater when you don't even have console access), but of course I wouldn't install *office on it.