Secunia Security Advisory - Red Hat has issued an update for openoffice.org. This fixes a vulnerability, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
Red Hat update for openoffice.org
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA23616
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23616/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 3
http://secunia.com/product/2534/
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 4
http://secunia.com/product/4669/
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 3
http://secunia.com/product/2535/
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 4
http://secunia.com/product/4668/
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 3
http://secunia.com/product/2536/
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 4
http://secunia.com/product/4670/
DESCRIPTION:
Red Hat has issued an update for openoffice.org. This fixes a
vulnerability, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people
to compromise a user's system.
For more information:
SA23616
SOLUTION:
Updated packages are available from Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0001.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA23616:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23616/
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