USN-677-2: OpenOffice.org Internationalization update
Publication date
23 December 2008
Overview
OpenOffice.org Internationalization update
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Details
USN-677-1 fixed vulnerabilities in OpenOffice.org. The changes required that
openoffice.org-l10n also be updated for the new version in Ubuntu 8.04 LTS.
Original advisory details:
Multiple memory overflow flaws were discovered in OpenOffice.org's handling of
WMF and EMF files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted
document, a remote attacker might be able to execute arbitrary code with user
privileges. (CVE-2008-2237, CVE-2008-2238)
Dmitry E. Oboukhov discovered that senddoc, as included in OpenOffice.org,
created temporary files in an insecure way. Local users could exploit a race
condition to create or overwrite files with the privileges of the user invoking
the program. This issue only affected Ubuntu 8.04 LTS. (CVE-2008-4937)
USN-677-1 fixed vulnerabilities in OpenOffice.org. The changes required that
openoffice.org-l10n also be updated for the new version in Ubuntu 8.04 LTS.
Original advisory details:
Multiple memory overflow flaws were discovered in OpenOffice.org's handling of
WMF and EMF files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted
document, a remote attacker might be able to execute arbitrary code with user
privileges. (CVE-2008-2237, CVE-2008-2238)
Dmitry E. Oboukhov discovered that senddoc, as included in OpenOffice.org,
created temporary files in an insecure way. Local users could exploit a race
condition to create or overwrite files with the privileges of the user invoking
the program. This issue only affected Ubuntu 8.04 LTS. (CVE-2008-4937)
Update instructions
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
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