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=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-406-1 January 12, 2007 openoffice.org/-amd64, openoffice.org2/-amd64 vulnerability CVE-2006-5870 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 5.10 Ubuntu 6.06 LTS This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 5.10: openoffice.org2-core 1.9.129-0.1ubuntu4.2 Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: openoffice.org-core 2.0.2-2ubuntu12.2 In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: An integer overflow was discovered in OpenOffice.org's handling of WMF files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted WMF file, an attacker could execute arbitrary code with user privileges.