Secunia Security Advisory - Red Hat has issued an update for openoffice.org. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain knowledge of sensitive information.
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TITLE:
Red Hat update for openoffice.org
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA12546
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/12546/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
Exposure of sensitive information
WHERE:
Local system
OPERATING SYSTEM:
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 3
http://secunia.com/product/2534/
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 3
http://secunia.com/product/2535/
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 3
http://secunia.com/product/2536/
DESCRIPTION:
Red Hat has issued an update for openoffice.org. This fixes a
vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to
gain knowledge of sensitive information.
For more information:
SA12302
SOLUTION:
Updated packages are available via Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com/
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Carsten Eiram, Secunia Research.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-446.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA12302:
http://secunia.com/advisories/12302/
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