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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.63193
Category:Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:006 (openoffice.org)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update to openoffice.org;announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:006.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update to openoffice.org
announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:006.

Vulnerability Insight:
Heap-based overflow on functions to manipulate WMF and EMF files
in OpenOffice.org documents enables remote attackers to execute
arbitrary code on documents holding certain crafted either WMF or
EMF files (CVE-2008-2237) (CVE-2008-2238).

This update provide the fix for these security issues and further
openoffice.org-voikko package has been updated as it depends on
openoffice.org packages.

Affected: 2008.0, 2008.1

Solution:
To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

CVSS Score:
9.3

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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
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