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TITLE:
OpenOffice "rtl_allocateMemory()" Integer Overflow Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA30599

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30599/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
OpenOffice.org 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/6157/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in OpenOffice, which can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an integer overflow error in
"rtl_allocateMemory()" and can be exploited to cause heap-based
buffer overflows via a specially crafted document.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerability is reported in versions 2.0 to 2.4.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 2.4.1.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits an anonymous researcher, reported via iDefense
Labs.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
OpenOffice:
http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2008-2152.html

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