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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.881465
Category:CentOS Local Security Checks
Title:CentOS Update for openoffice.org-base CESA-2012:1136 centos5
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'openoffice.org-base'; package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'openoffice.org-base'
package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.

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

Multiple heap-based buffer overflow flaws were found in the way
OpenOffice.org processed encryption information in the manifest files of
OpenDocument Format files. An attacker could provide a specially-crafted
OpenDocument Format file that, when opened in an OpenOffice.org
application, would cause the application to crash or, potentially, execute
arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application.
(CVE-2012-2665)

Upstream acknowledges Timo Warns as the original reporter of these issues.

All OpenOffice.org users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,
which contain backported patches to correct these issues. All running
instances of OpenOffice.org applications must be restarted for this update
to take effect.

Affected Software/OS:
openoffice.org-base on CentOS 5

Solution:
Please install the updated packages.

CVSS Score:
7.5

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-2665
BugTraq ID: 54769
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54769
Debian Security Information: DSA-2520 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2520
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-05.xml
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201408-19.xml
http://www.pre-cert.de/advisories/PRE-SA-2012-05.txt
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=826077
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2012:1135
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1135.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027331
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027332
http://secunia.com/advisories/50142
http://secunia.com/advisories/50146
http://secunia.com/advisories/50692
http://secunia.com/advisories/60799
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1536-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1537-1
CopyrightCopyright (c) 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH

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