[gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200603-25 ] OpenOffice.org: Heap overflow in included libcurl

[gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200603-25 ] OpenOffice.org: Heap overflow in included libcurl

[Stefan Cornelius]

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200603-25
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                                            http://security.gentoo.org/
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  Severity: Normal
     Title: OpenOffice.org: Heap overflow in included libcurl
      Date: March 27, 2006
      Bugs: #126433
        ID: 200603-25

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Synopsis
========

OpenOffice.org contains a vulnerable version of libcurl that may cause
a heap overflow when parsing URLs.

Background
==========

OpenOffice.org is an office productivity suite, including word
processing, spreadsheet, presentation, data charting, formula editing
and file conversion facilities. libcurl, which is included in
OpenOffice.org, is a free and easy-to-use client-side library for
transferring files with URL syntaxes, supporting numerous protocols.

Affected packages
=================

    -------------------------------------------------------------------
     Package                    /  Vulnerable  /            Unaffected
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
  1  app-office/openoffice-bin       < 2.0.2                  >= 2.0.2
  2  app-office/openoffice         < 2.0.1-r1              >= 2.0.1-r1
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
     2 affected packages on all of their supported architectures.
    -------------------------------------------------------------------

Description
===========

OpenOffice.org includes libcurl code. This libcurl code is vulnerable
to a heap overflow when it tries to parse a URL that exceeds a 256-byte
limit (GLSA 200512-09).

Impact
======

An attacker could entice a user to call a specially crafted URL with
OpenOffice.org, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary
code with the rights of the user running the application.

Workaround
==========

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
==========

All OpenOffice.org binary users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-office/openoffice-bin-2.0.2"

All OpenOffice.org users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-office/openoffice-2.0.1-r1"

References
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  [ 1 ] CVE-2005-4077
        http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-4077
  [ 2 ] Hardened-PHP Advisory 24/2005
        http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_242005.109.html
  [ 3 ] GLSA 200512-09
        http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-09.xml

Availability
============

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

  http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200603-25.xml

Concerns?
=========

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0

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