Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200504-13.
Solution
All OpenOffice.Org users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-office/openoffice-1.1.4-r1'
All OpenOffice.Org binary users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
'>=app-office/openoffice-bin-1.1.4-r1'
All OpenOffice.Org Ximian users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose app-office/openoffice-ximian
Note to PPC users: There is no stable OpenOffice.Org fixed version for the PPC architecture. Affected users should switch to the latest OpenOffice.Org Ximian version.
Note to SPARC users: There is no stable OpenOffice.Org fixed version for the SPARC architecture. Affected users should switch to the latest OpenOffice.Org Ximian version.
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200504-13 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=88863
http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=46388
Insight
OpenOffice.Org is vulnerable to a heap overflow when processing DOC documents, which could lead to arbitrary code execution.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2005-0941 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.1
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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