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openoffice.org: numeric truncation error

Package(s):openoffice.org CVE #(s):CVE-2008-3282
Created:August 27, 2008 Updated:October 31, 2008
Description:

From the Red Hat advisory:

A numeric truncation error was found in the OpenOffice.org memory allocator. If a carefully crafted file was opened by a victim, an attacker could use this flaw to crash OpenOffice.org or, possibly, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2008-3282)

Alerts:
Fedora FEDORA-2008-7680 2008-09-05
Fedora FEDORA-2008-7531 2008-09-05
CentOS CESA-2008:0835 2008-08-30
Red Hat RHSA-2008:0835-01 2008-08-27
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