CVE-2006-5870: Buffer Overflow
First published: Sun Dec 31 2006(Updated: )
Multiple integer overflows in OpenOffice.org (OOo) 2.0.4 and earlier, and possibly other versions before 2.1.0; and StarOffice 6 through 8; allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (a) WMF or (b) EMF file that triggers heap-based buffer overflows in (1) wmf/winwmf.cxx, during processing of META_ESCAPE records; and wmf/enhwmf.cxx, during processing of (2) EMR_POLYPOLYGON and (3) EMR_POLYPOLYGON16 records.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Openoffice Openoffice | <=2.0.4 | |
| Sun StarOffice | =6.0 | |
| Sun StarOffice | =7.0 | |
| Sun StarOffice | =8.0 |
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Reference Links
- http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=70042
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0001.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455947/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455954/100/0/threaded
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2007-q1/0002.htmly
- http://www.openoffice.org/nonav/issues/showattachment.cgi/39509/alloc.overflows.wmf.patch
- http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2344
- http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0001.html
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017466
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23612
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23616
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23549
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23620
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-905
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1246
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23682
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23683
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102735-1
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:006
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23712
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23711
- http://www.ngssoftware.com/advisories/high-risk-vulnerabilities-in-the-staroffice-suite/
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-07.xml
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-406-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23762
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23600
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/220288
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23920
- http://osvdb.org/32610
- http://osvdb.org/32611
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0059
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0031
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31257
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9145
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8280
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456271/100/100/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455964/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455943/100/0/threaded
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