| Description: | The remote host is missing an update to openoffice.org(2)/-amd64 announced via advisory USN-482-1.
A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 6.10 Ubuntu 7.04
This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.
Details follow:
John Heasman discovered that OpenOffice did not correctly validate the sizes of tags in RTF documents. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted document, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with user privileges.
Solution: The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: openoffice.org-core 2.0.2-2ubuntu12.4 openoffice.org2-base 2.0.2-2ubuntu12.4
Ubuntu 6.10: openoffice.org-core 2.0.4-0ubuntu6
Ubuntu 7.04: openoffice.org-core 2.2.0-1ubuntu4
After a standard system upgrade you need to restart OpenOffice, or reboot your computer, to effect the necessary changes.
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-482-1
Risk factor : Critical |