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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.61766
Category:Fedora Local Security Checks
Title:Fedora Core 9 FEDORA-2008-9313 (openoffice.org)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing an update to openoffice.org
announced via advisory FEDORA-2008-9313.

Update Information:

Security update to address - CVE-2008-2237: Manipulated WMF files -
CVE-2008-2238: Manipulated EMF files as described at
http://www.openoffice.org/security/bulletin.html

ChangeLog:

* Wed Oct 29 2008 Caolan McNamara - 1:2.4.2-18.1
- Resolves: ooo#94495 Toggle weblayout/normal layout and notes
- Resolves: rhbz#465792 openoffice.org-2.4.1.ooo81576.vcl.fixscale.patch
- Resolves: rhbz#468336 openoffice.org-3.0.0.ooo95533.sw.safertableexport.patch
- CVE-2008-2237: Manipulated WMF files
- CVE-2008-2238: Manipulated EMF files
* Tue Aug 26 2008 Caolan McNamara - 1:2.4.1-17.6
- Resolves: CVE-2008-3282 numeric truncation error in OOo memory allocator
- add openoffice.org-2.4.0.ooo93119.shell.echos.patch

References:

[ 1 ] Bug #462639 - CVE-2008-2237 OpenOffice.org WMF integer overflow
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462639
[ 2 ] Bug #466528 - CVE-2008-2238 OpenOffice.org multiple EMF buffer overflows
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=466528

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/.

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FEDORA-2008-9313

Risk factor : Critical

CVSS Score:
9.3

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-2237
BugTraq ID: 31962
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31962
Debian Security Information: DSA-1661 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1661
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00905.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00923.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-13.xml
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10784
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0939.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021120
http://secunia.com/advisories/32419
http://secunia.com/advisories/32461
http://secunia.com/advisories/32463
http://secunia.com/advisories/32489
http://secunia.com/advisories/32676
http://secunia.com/advisories/32856
http://secunia.com/advisories/32872
http://secunia.com/advisories/33140
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-242627-1
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2008:026 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-677-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-677-2
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2947
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3103
XForce ISS Database: openoffice-wmf-bo(46165)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46165
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-2238
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=750
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10849
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021121
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-243226-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3153
XForce ISS Database: openoffice-emf-file-bo(46166)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46166
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-3282
1020764
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020764
30866
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30866
31640
http://secunia.com/advisories/31640
31646
http://secunia.com/advisories/31646
31778
http://secunia.com/advisories/31778
ADV-2008-2449
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2449
FEDORA-2008-7531
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00494.html
FEDORA-2008-7680
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00120.html
RHSA-2008:0835
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0835.html
http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=92217
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=455867
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=458056
openoffice-rtlallocatememory-code-execution(44742)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44742
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11345
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11345
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