CVE-2008-2366
First published: Mon Jun 09 2008(Updated: )
OpenOffice.org 1.1.x packages as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4 shipped with certain libraries built with insecure RPATH set in the ELF header. RPATH was incorrectly set to '$ORIGIN' instead of $ORIGIN. This issue can be exploited by a local user to run arbitrary code as some other user if victim can be convinced to run openoffice in the attacker controlled directory with specially crafted content.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Redhat Enterprise Linux | =3.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux | =4.0 | |
| Openoffice Openoffice | =1.1 |
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Reference Links
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=450532
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0538.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29695
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020278
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30633
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43322
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11361
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0538.html
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