Executive Summary

Summary
Title Sun Alert 242627 Security Vulnerability in StarOffice Related to .wmf Files May Lead to Heap Overflows and Arbitrary Code Execution
Informations
Name SUN-242627 First vendor Publication 2008-11-13
Vendor Sun Last vendor Modification 2009-07-17
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

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

Product: StarOffice 7 Software StarSuite 7 Software StarOffice 8 Software StarSuite 8 Software

A security vulnerability with the way StarOffice/StarSuite 7 and 8 process Windows Metafile (.wmf) files may allow a remote unprivileged user who provides a StarOffice/StarSuite document that is opened by a local user to execute arbitrary commands on the system with the privileges of the user running StarOffice/StarSuite.

This issue is described in the following document:

CVE-2008-2237 at: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2008-2237

Sun acknowledges with thanks, an anonymous researcher working with the SureRun security team (http://www.SureRun.cn).

State: Resolved
First released: 13-Nov-2008

Original Source

Url : http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/sun_alert_242627_security_vulnerability

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-119 Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10784
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10784
Title: Heap-based buffer overflow in OpenOffice.org (OOo) 2.x before 2.4.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted WMF file associated with a StarOffice/StarSuite document.
Description: Heap-based buffer overflow in OpenOffice.org (OOo) 2.x before 2.4.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted WMF file associated with a StarOffice/StarSuite document.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2008-2237
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 47

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-06-05 Name : Ubuntu USN-698-1 (nagios)
File : nvt/ubuntu_698_1.nasl
2009-06-05 Name : Ubuntu USN-707-1 (cupsys)
File : nvt/ubuntu_707_1.nasl
2009-03-23 Name : Ubuntu Update for openoffice.org, openoffice.org-amd64 vulnerabilities USN-6...
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_677_1.nasl
2009-03-06 Name : RedHat Update for openoffice.org RHSA-2008:0939-00
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2008_0939-00_openoffice.org.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for openoffice.org CESA-2008:0939 centos3 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0939_openoffice.org_centos3_i386.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for openoffice.org CESA-2008:0939 centos3 x86_64
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0939_openoffice.org_centos3_x86_64.nasl
2009-02-17 Name : Fedora Update for openoffice.org FEDORA-2008-9313
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_9313_openoffice.org_fc9.nasl
2009-02-17 Name : Fedora Update for openoffice.org FEDORA-2008-9333
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_9333_openoffice.org_fc8.nasl
2009-01-20 Name : Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:006 (openoffice.org)
File : nvt/mdksa_2009_006.nasl
2008-12-29 Name : Ubuntu USN-677-2 (OpenOffice)
File : nvt/ubuntu_677_2.nasl
2008-12-29 Name : Ubuntu USN-697-1 (imlib2)
File : nvt/ubuntu_697_1.nasl
2008-12-29 Name : Ubuntu USN-698-2 (nagios3)
File : nvt/ubuntu_698_2.nasl
2008-12-29 Name : Ubuntu USN-699-1 (blender)
File : nvt/ubuntu_699_1.nasl
2008-12-23 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200812-13 (openoffice openoffice-bin)
File : nvt/glsa_200812_13.nasl
2008-12-03 Name : FreeBSD Ports: openoffice.org-2, openoffice.org-2-RC, openoffice.org-2-devel
File : nvt/freebsd_openoffice.org-2.nasl
2008-11-01 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1661-1 (openoffice.org)
File : nvt/deb_1661_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
49411 OpenOffice.org (OOo) Crafted StarOffice / StarSuite EMF File Handling Overflow

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2008-0939.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20081105_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_20081105_openoffice_org2_on_SL45__46__47.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-21 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_0_OpenOffice_org-081030.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-677-2.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2008-0939.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-677-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2009-006.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-12-15 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200812-13.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-12-01 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.
File : freebsd_pkg_842bafddbe2f11dda5780030843d3802.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-11-21 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_OpenOffice_org-5738.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-11-21 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_OpenOffice_org-5740.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-11-05 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2008-0939.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-11-03 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2008-9333.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-11-03 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2008-9313.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-10-31 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1661.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-10-29 Name : The remote Windows host has a program affected by multiple buffer overflows.
File : openoffice_242.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO