Advisories MDKSA-2006:118: Updated OpenOffice.org packages fix various vulnerabilities

[paul]

OpenOffice.org 1.1.x up to 1.1.5 and 2.0.x before 2.0.3 allows user-complicit

attackers to conduct unauthorized activities via an OpenOffice document with

a malicious BASIC macro, which is executed without prompting the user.

(CVE-2006-2198)

 

An unspecified vulnerability in Java Applets in OpenOffice.org 1.1.x up to

1.1.5 and 2.0.x before 2.0.3 allows user-complicit attackers to escape the

Java sandbox and conduct unauthorized activities via certain applets in

OpenOffice documents. (CVE-2006-2199)

 

Heap-based buffer overflow in OpenOffice.org 1.1.x up to 1.1.5 and 2.0.x

before 2.0.3 allows user-complicit attackers to execute arbitrary code via a

crafted OpenOffice XML document that is not properly handled by (1) Calc,

(2) Draw, (3) Impress, (4) Math, or (5) Writer, aka "File Format / Buffer

Overflow Vulnerability." (CVE-2006-3117)

 

Updated packages are patched to address this issue.