Package : openoffice.org Vulnerability : heap overflow Problem type : local (remote) Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CVE-2007-0245
John Heasman discovered a heap overflow in the routines of OpenOffice.org that parse RTF files. A specially crafted RTF file could cause the filter to overwrite data on the heap, which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
For the old stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.3-9sarge7.
For the stable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in version 2.0.4.dfsg.2-7etch1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.1~rc1-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your openoffice.org packages.
Upgrade Instructions - --------------------
wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given at the end of this advisory:
apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge - --------------------------------