OpenOffice.org and StarOffice/Office Suite WMF and EMF buffer overflow
| openoffice-wmf-emf-bo (31257) |  High Risk |
Description:
OpenOffice.org and StarOffice/Office Suite are vulnerable to multiple heap-based buffer overflows, caused by improper bounds checking of META_ESCAPE, EMR_POLYPOLYGON, and EMR_POLYPOLYGON16 records in WMF and EMF files. By creating a specially-crafted WMF or EMF file and persuading a victim to open the file, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with the privileges of the victim.
Platforms Affected:
- Canonical, Ubuntu 5.10
- Canonical, Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
- Debian, Debian Linux 3.1
- Gentoo, Linux
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2007 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2007
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0
- Novell, Linux Desktop 9
- Novell, OpenSUSE 10.2
- OpenOffice, OpenOffice.org 1.1.5
- OpenOffice, OpenOffice.org 2.0.4 and prior
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 Desktop
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 WS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 ES
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 AS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 WS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 Desktop
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 ES
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 AS
- Sun, StarOffice 6.0
- Sun, StarOffice 7.0
- Sun, StarOffice 8.0
- SuSE, SLE SDK 10
- SuSE, SuSE Linux 10.0
- SuSE, SuSE Linux 10.1
- SuSE, SuSE Linux 9.3
- SuSE, SuSE SLED 10
Remedy:
Refer to OpenOffice.org Issue 70042 for patch information. See References.
For Red Hat Linux:
Refer to RHSA-2007:0001-3 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For SUSE Linux:
Refer to SUSE Security Announcement SUSE-SA:2007:001 for patch, upgrade or suggested workaround information. See References.
For StarOffice and StarSuite::
Refer to Sun Alert ID: 102735 for patch or upgrade information. See References.
For Debian GNU/Linux:
Refer to DSA-1246-1 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Ubuntu Linux:
Refer to USN-406-1 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Gentoo Linux:
Refer to Gentoo Linux Security Announcement GLSA 200701-07 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Mandriva Linux:
Refer to Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDKSA-2007:006 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For other distributions:
Contact your vendor for upgrade or patch information.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Wed Jan 03 2007 - 21:41:27 CST, OpenOffice.org issued a WMF code execution fix at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-01/0077.html.
- NGSSoftware Advisory January 4th, 2007, High Risk Vulnerabilities in the StarOffice Suite at http://www.ngssoftware.com/advisories/high-risk-vulnerabilities-in-the-staroffice-suite/.
- OpenOffice.org Issue 70042, catch out out bounds wmf/emf values at http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=70042.
- OpenOffice.org Web site, OpenOffice.org at http://www.openoffice.org/index.html.
- Sun Alert ID: 102735, Security Vulnerability With StarOffice/StarSuite Versions 6, 7 and 8 Related to the '.wmf' File Format at http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102735-1.
- ASA-2007-016: OpenOffice.org security update (RHSA-2007-0001)
- ASA-2007-035: Security Vulnerability With StarOffice/StarSuite Versions 6 7 and 8 Related to the .wmf File Format (SUN 102735)
- CVE-2006-5870: 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.
- DSA-1246: openoffice.org -- buffer overflow
- GLSA-200701-07: OpenOffice.org: EMF/WMF file handling vulnerabilities
- MDKSA-2007:006: Updated OpenOffice.org packages fix WMF vulnerability
- RHSA-2007-0001: Important: openoffice.org security update
- SA23600: StarOffice WMF/EMF Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
- SA23612: OpenOffice WMF/EMF Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1017466: OpenOffice.org Office Suite Integer Overflow in Processing WMF/EMF Files Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
- SUSE-SA:2007:001: OpenOffice_org WMF buffer overflows
- US-CERT VU#220288: OpenOffice fails to properly process WMF and EMF files
- USN-406-1: OpenOffice.org vulnerability
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-0031: OpenOffice ReadEnhWMF() and ReadRecordParams() Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-0059: Sun StarOffice/StarSuite WMF/EMF File Handling Client-Side Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
Reported:
Jan 03, 2007
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