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>> OpenOffice.org Documents Parsing Code Execution Vulnerabilities

Title : OpenOffice.org Documents Parsing Code Execution Vulnerabilities
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2009-2490
CVE ID : CVE-2009-0200 - CVE-2009-0201 - CVE-2009-2139
CWE ID : VUPEN VNS Only
CVSS V2 : VUPEN VNS Only
Rated as : Critical 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2009-09-01



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Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in OpenOffice.org, which could be exploited by attackers to compromise a vulnerable system.

The first issue is caused by an integer underflow error when parsing certain records in a Word document table, which could allow attackers to crash an affected application or execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted Word document.

The second vulnerability is caused by a heap overflow error when parsing certain records in a Word document, which could allow attackers to crash an affected application or execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening a malicious Word document.

The third issue is caused by a memory corruption error when processing a malformed EMF file, which could be exploited to crash an affected application or execute arbitrary code.

Affected Products

OpenOffice.org versions prior to 3.1.1
OpenOffice.org versions prior to 2.4.3

Solution

Upgrade to OpenOffice.org version 3.1.1 or 2.4.3 :
http://download.openoffice.org/index.html

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2490
http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2009-0200-0201.html
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-26/
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-27/
http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2009/msg00199.html

Credits

Vulnerabilities reported by Dyon Balding (Secunia Research) and the vendor.

ChangeLog

2009-09-01 : Initial release
2009-09-07 : Updated Description
2009-09-08 : Updated Solution and References

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