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Ubuntu Security Notice 609-1

Posted May 7, 2008

Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 609-1 - It was discovered that arbitrary Java methods were not filtered out when opening databases in OpenOffice.org. If a user were tricked into running a specially crafted query, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary Java with user privileges. Multiple memory overflow flaws were discovered in OpenOffice.org's handling of Quattro Pro, EMF, and OLE 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.

tags | advisory, java, remote, overflow, arbitrary

systems | linux, ubuntu

advisories | CVE-2007-4575, CVE-2007-5745, CVE-2007-5746, CVE-2007-5747, CVE-2008-0320

SHA-256 | c38f3f985ebc83c65928bb7d71bee2febda5aa6a848aa40aaf78da2c6ea8c16a

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