============================================================================ Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1496-1 July 02, 2012 openoffice.org vulnerabilities ============================================================================ A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Summary: OpenOffice.org could be made to crash or potentially run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file. Software Description: - openoffice.org: Office productivity suite Details: A stack-based buffer overflow was discovered in the Lotus Word Pro import filter in OpenOffice.org. The default compiler options for affected releases should reduce the vulnerability to a denial of service. (CVE-2011-2685) Huzaifa Sidhpurwala discovered that OpenOffice.org could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted Word document. (CVE-2011-2713) Integer overflows were discovered in the graphics loading code of several different image types. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could cause OpenOffice.org to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2012-1149) Sven Jacobi discovered an integer overflow when processing Escher graphics records. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted PowerPoint file, an attacker could cause OpenOffice.org to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2012-2334) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: openoffice.org-core 1:3.2.0-7ubuntu4.3 After a standard system update you need to restart OpenOffice.org to make all the necessary changes. References: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1496-1 CVE-2011-2685, CVE-2011-2713, CVE-2012-1149, CVE-2012-2334 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/1:3.2.0-7ubuntu4.3