Ubuntu Security Notice 1537-1 - It was discovered that OpenOffice.org incorrectly handled certain encryption tags in Open Document Text (.odt) files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could cause OpenOffice.org to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1537-1
August 13, 2012
openoffice.org vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Summary:
OpenOffice.org could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it
opened a specially crafted file.
Software Description:
- openoffice.org: Office productivity suite
Details:
It was discovered that OpenOffice.org incorrectly handled certain
encryption tags in Open Document Text (.odt) files. If a user were tricked
into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could cause
OpenOffice.org to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the user invoking the program.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
openoffice.org-core 1:3.2.0-7ubuntu4.4
After a standard system update you need to restart OpenOffice.org to make
all the necessary changes.
References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1537-1
CVE-2012-2665
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/1:3.2.0-7ubuntu4.4