openoffice.org: denial of service
| Package(s): | openoffice.org | CVE #(s): | CVE-2010-2935 CVE-2010-2936 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Created: | August 23, 2010 | Updated: | April 19, 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description: | From the Red Hat advisory:
An integer truncation error, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, was found in the way the OpenOffice.org Impress presentation application sanitized a file's dictionary property items. An attacker could use this flaw to create a specially-crafted Microsoft Office PowerPoint file that, when opened, would cause OpenOffice.org Impress to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running OpenOffice.org Impress. (CVE-2010-2935) An integer overflow flaw, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, was found in the way OpenOffice.org Impress processed polygons in input documents. An attacker could use this flaw to create a specially-crafted Microsoft Office PowerPoint file that, when opened, would cause OpenOffice.org Impress to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running OpenOffice.org Impress. (CVE-2010-2936) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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