Ubuntu Security Notice USN-840-1
1st October, 2009
openoffice.org vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 9.04
- Ubuntu 8.10
- Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
Software description
- openoffice.org
Details
Dyon Balding discovered flaws in the way OpenOffice.org handled tables. If
a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted Word document, a
remote attacker might be able to execute arbitrary code with user
privileges. (CVE-2009-0200, CVE-2009-0201)
A memory overflow flaw was discovered in OpenOffice.org's handling of EMF
files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted document, a
remote attacker might be able to execute arbitrary code with user
privileges. (CVE-2009-2139)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 9.04:
- openoffice.org-core 1:3.0.1-9ubuntu3.1
- Ubuntu 8.10:
- openoffice.org-core 1:2.4.1-11ubuntu2.2
- Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:
- openoffice.org-core 1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2.2
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system upgrade you need to restart OpenOffice.org to
effect the necessary changes.