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TITLE:
OpenOffice WMF and EMF Processing Buffer Overflows

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA32419

VERIFY ADVISORY:
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CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
OpenOffice.org 2.x
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/6157/

DESCRIPTION:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in OpenOffice, which
potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a
user's system.

1) An error in the processing of WMF files can be exploited to cause
a heap-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted
StarOffice/StarSuite document.

2) An error in the processing of EMF files can be exploited to cause
a heap-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted
StarOffice/StarSuite document.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities may allow execution of
arbitrary code.

The vulnerabilities are reported in 2.x versions prior to 2.4.2.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 2.4.2.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits:
1) an anonymous researcher working with the SureRun Security Team
2) an anonymous researcher working with iDefense

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2008-2237.html
http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2008-2238.html

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