201338 – >app-office/openoffice(bin)-2.3.1 (CVE-2007-4575)

Bug 201338 - >app-office/openoffice(bin)-2.3.1 (CVE-2007-4575)

Summary: >app-office/openoffice(bin)-2.3.1 (CVE-2007-4575)

Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 200771

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Security
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Security

URL:	http://secunia.com/advisories/27928/
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Reported:	2007-12-05 10:07 UTC by Lars Hartmann
Modified:	2007-12-05 10:27 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description Lars Hartmann 2007-12-05 10:07:11 UTC

A vulnerability has been reported in OpenOffice, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error in the HSQLDB database engine and can be exploited to execute arbitrary static Java code via a specially crafted database document.

The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to version 2.3.1.

Solution:
Update to version 2.3.1 (HSQLDB 1.8.0.9).
http://download.openoffice.org/index.html

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Pierre-Yves Rofes (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-12-05 10:27:14 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 200771 ***