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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.61147
Category:Fedora Local Security Checks
Title:Fedora Core 9 FEDORA-2008-5143 (openoffice.org)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing an update to openoffice.org
announced via advisory FEDORA-2008-5143.

OpenOffice.org is an Open Source, community-developed, multi-platform
office productivity suite. It includes the key desktop applications,
such as a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation manager, formula
editor and drawing program, with a user interface and feature set
similar to other office suites. Sophisticated and flexible,
OpenOffice.org also works transparently with a variety of file
formats, including Microsoft Office.

Usage: Simply type ooffice to run OpenOffice.org or select the
requested component (Writer, Calc, Impress, etc.) from your
desktop menu. On first start a few files will be installed in the
user's home, if necessary.

Update Information:

Update to upstream version 2.4.1 to fix a range of reported problems and a
security issue CVE-2008-2152:
http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2008-2152.html
ChangeLog:

* Fri Jun 6 2008 Caolan McNamara - 1:2.4.1-17.3
- remove pointless register dialog request
- Resolves: rhbz#450212 openoffice.org-3.0.0.ooo82545.np_sdk.x86_64.patch
* Tue Jun 3 2008 Caolan McNamara - 1:2.4.1-17.2
- filter out -fasynchronous-unwind-tables because it doesn't work with -Os
on i386
- Resolves: rhbz#448553 openoffice.org-3.0.0.ooo90037.vcl.cairotransforms.patch
* Sun Jun 1 2008 Caolan McNamara - 1:2.4.1-17.1
- Resolves: rhbz#445588 add openoffice.org-3.0.0.ooo87970.vcl.samenamesubs.patch
- drop integrated openoffice.org-2.3.1.ooo81307.sw.word2.patch
- drop integrated workspace.os114.patch
* Thu May 22 2008 Caolan McNamara - 1:2.4.0-12.10
- rebuild
- Resolves: rhbz#447199 add workspace.impress138.patch
- Resolves: rhbz#447212 nostrict-aliasing is broken gcc#36187
* Mon May 12 2008 Caolan McNamara - 1:2.4.0-12.9
- Resolves: rhbz#444571 add openoffice.org-3.0.0.ooo88090.chart2.negativecount.patch
- Resolves: rhbz#445318 fix notes related crash
- Resolves: rhbz#445953 backport 2.4.1 ww8 bidi digit fixes
- Resolves: rhbz#446005 there's something very wrong here, but every
attempt to isolate it makes it go away
- add openoffice.org-3.0.0.ooo89002.vcl.symbolfonts.patch
References:

[ 1 ] Bug #450518 - CVE-2008-2152 OpenOffice.org overflow possible on allocation
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=450518

Solution: Apply the appropriate updates.

This update can be installed with the yum update program. Use
su -c 'yum update openoffice.org' at the command line.
For more information, refer to Managing Software with yum,
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FEDORA-2008-5143

Risk factor : Critical

CVSS Score:
9.3

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-2152
BugTraq ID: 29622
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29622
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00385.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00473.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00499.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-05.xml
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=714
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:137
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:138
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9787
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0537.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0538.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020219
http://secunia.com/advisories/30599
http://secunia.com/advisories/30633
http://secunia.com/advisories/30634
http://secunia.com/advisories/30635
http://secunia.com/advisories/31029
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-237944-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1773
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1804/references
XForce ISS Database: openoffice-rtlallocatememory-bo(42957)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42957
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