Executive Summary



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Summary
Title openoffice.org security update
Informations
Name RHSA-2008:0537 First vendor Publication 2008-06-12
Vendor RedHat Last vendor Modification 2008-06-12
Severity (Vendor) Important Revision 01

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 9.3 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Problem Description:

Updated openoffice.org packages to correct a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ppc, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64 RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64 RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) - i386, x86_64

3. Description:

OpenOffice.org is an office productivity suite that includes desktop applications such as a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation manager, formula editor, and drawing program.

Sean Larsson found a heap overflow flaw in the OpenOffice memory allocator. If a carefully crafted file was opened by a victim, an attacker could use the flaw to crash OpenOffice.org or, possibly, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2008-2152)

All users of OpenOffice.org are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported fix to correct this issue.

4. Solution:

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

450518 - CVE-2008-2152 OpenOffice.org overflow possible on allocation

Original Source

Url : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0537.html

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-189 Numeric Errors (CWE/SANS Top 25)

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22724
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22724
Title: ELSA-2008:0537: openoffice.org security update (Important)
Description: Integer overflow in the rtl_allocateMemory function in sal/rtl/source/alloc_global.c in OpenOffice.org (OOo) 2.0 through 2.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2008:0537-01
CVE-2008-2152
Version: 6
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 5
Product(s): openoffice.org
openoffice.org2
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9787
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9787
Title: Integer overflow in the rtl_allocateMemory function in sal/rtl/source/alloc_global.c in OpenOffice.org (OOo) 2.0 through 2.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Description: Integer overflow in the rtl_allocateMemory function in sal/rtl/source/alloc_global.c in OpenOffice.org (OOo) 2.0 through 2.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2008-2152
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
CentOS Linux 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5
Oracle Linux 5
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 5

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-04-09 Name : Mandriva Update for openoffice.org MDVSA-2008:138 (openoffice.org)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2008_138.nasl
2009-04-09 Name : Mandriva Update for openoffice.org MDVSA-2008:137 (openoffice.org)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2008_137.nasl
2009-03-06 Name : RedHat Update for openoffice.org RHSA-2008:0537-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2008_0537-01_openoffice.org.nasl
2009-03-06 Name : RedHat Update for openoffice.org RHSA-2008:0538-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2008_0538-01_openoffice.org.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for openoffice.org2-base CESA-2008:0537 centos4 x86_64
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0537_openoffice.org2-base_centos4_x86_64.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for openoffice.org CESA-2008:0538 centos3 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0538_openoffice.org_centos3_i386.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for openoffice.org CESA-2008:0538 centos3 x86_64
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0538_openoffice.org_centos3_x86_64.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for openoffice.org CESA-2008:0538 centos4 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0538_openoffice.org_centos4_i386.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for openoffice.org CESA-2008:0538 centos4 x86_64
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0538_openoffice.org_centos4_x86_64.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for openoffice.org2-base CESA-2008:0537 centos4 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0537_openoffice.org2-base_centos4_i386.nasl
2009-02-17 Name : Fedora Update for openoffice.org FEDORA-2008-5247
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_5247_openoffice.org_fc8.nasl
2009-02-17 Name : Fedora Update for openoffice.org FEDORA-2008-9333
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_9333_openoffice.org_fc8.nasl
2009-02-17 Name : Fedora Update for openoffice.org FEDORA-2008-7531
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_7531_openoffice.org_fc8.nasl
2009-02-17 Name : Fedora Update for openoffice.org FEDORA-2008-5239
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_5239_openoffice.org_fc7.nasl
2009-02-17 Name : Fedora Update for openoffice.org FEDORA-2008-5143
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_5143_openoffice.org_fc9.nasl
2008-10-01 Name : OpenOffice rtl_allocateMemory Heap Based BOF Vulnerability (Linux)
File : nvt/gb_openoffice_rtl_allocatememory_bof_vuln_lin.nasl
2008-10-01 Name : OpenOffice rtl_allocateMemory Heap Based BOF Vulnerability
File : nvt/gb_openoffice_rtl_allocatememory_bof_vuln_win.nasl
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200807-05 (openoffice openoffice-bin)
File : nvt/glsa_200807_05.nasl
2008-09-09 Name : OpenOffice.org <= 2.4.1 vulnerability (Lin)
File : nvt/openoffice_CB-A08-0068.nasl
2008-09-09 Name : OpenOffice.org <= 2.4.1 vulnerability (Win)
File : nvt/smbcl_openoffice_CB-A08-0068.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
46052 OpenOffice.org (OOo) rtl_allocateMemory() Function Crafted Document Handling ...

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2008-0538.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20080612_openoffice_org2_on_SL4_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20080612_openoffice_org_on_SL3_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20080612_openoffice_org_on_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2008-137.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2008-138.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-07-10 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200807-05.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-07-02 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2008-0537.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-06-16 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2008-0538.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-06-16 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2008-0537.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-06-16 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2008-0538.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-06-12 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2008-5143.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-06-12 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2008-5239.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-06-12 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2008-5247.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-06-10 Name : The remote Windows host has a program affected by an integer overflow vulnera...
File : openoffice_241.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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