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Bug 447382 - app-office/calligra : (possible) automatic opening of embedded external data
Summary: app-office/calligra : (possible) automatic opening of embedded external data
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Security
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal
Assignee: Gentoo Security
URL: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug....
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Reported: 2012-12-15 18:30 UTC by Agostino Sarubbo
Modified: 2013-03-02 12:35 UTC (History)
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Description Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev 2012-12-15 18:30:48 UTC
From $URL :

Timo Warns (Warns@Pre-Sense.DE) reported publicly that OpenOffice and
LibreOffice (as well as other Office Suites) fail to appropriately warn users
when a file with embedded content is opened. Additionally it is not possible
to disable the opening of embedded content within files. This can be used to
add tracking behavior to files or to deliver additional files that can
potentially exploit other security issues when parsed to the user.
Additionally if the file is converted (e.g. to a PDF) and then saved the
converted file may contain a direct copy of the embedded data, thus if
something sensitive if referenced (such as ~/.ssh/id_rsa) this information may
then be exposed if the resulting file is shared.

@maintainer, please check if this suite is affected
Comment 1 Sean Amoss (RETIRED) gentoo-dev Security 2013-03-02 12:35:27 UTC
1. $URL mentions NOTHING about app-office/calligra.

2. http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2012/q4/469 :

"By comparison both Okular and Calligra Office ignore the remote and 
local file references (without even prompting)."