Summary
The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory.
Solution
Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades.
http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2008-2237.html http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2008-2238.html http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/842bafdd-be2f-11dd-a578-0030843d3802.html
Insight
The following packages are affected:
openoffice.org-2
openoffice.org-2-RC
openoffice.org-2-devel
CVE-2008-2237
Heap-based buffer overflow in OpenOffice.org (OOo) 2.x before 2.4.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted WMF file associated with a StarOffice/StarSuite document.
CVE-2008-2238
Multiple integer overflows in OpenOffice.org (OOo) 2.x before 2.4.2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted EMR records in an EMF file associated with a StarOffice/StarSuite document, which trigger a heap-based buffer overflow.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2008-2237, CVE-2008-2238 -
CVSS Base Score: 9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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