Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200405-04.
Solution
There is no Ximian OpenOffice.org binary version including the fix yet. All users of the openoffice-ximian-bin package making use of the WebDAV openoffice-ximian source-based package should:
# emerge sync
# emerge -pv '>=app-office/openoffice-VERSION'
# emerge '>=app-office/openoffice-VERSION'
openoffice users on x86 should use version: 1.1.1-r1 openoffice users on sparc should use version: 1.1.0-r3 openoffice users on ppc should use version: 1.0.3-r1 openoffice-ximian users should use version: 1.1.51-r1 openoffice-bin users should use version: 1.1.2
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200405-04 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47926
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200405-01.xml
Insight
Several format string vulnerabilities are present in the Neon library included in OpenOffice.org, allowing remote execution of arbitrary code when connected to an untrusted WebDAV server.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2004-0179 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.1
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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