[ GLSA 201408-19 ] OpenOffice, LibreOffice: Multiple vulnerabilities

[GLSA]

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Title: OpenOffice, LibreOffice: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201408-19)
Severity: normal
Exploitable: remote
Date: August 31, 2014
Bug(s): #283370, #305195, #320491, #332321, #352864, #386081, #409509, #429482, #514886
ID: 201408-19

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in OpenOffice and
LibreOffice, the worst of which may result in execution of arbitrary code.


Background

OpenOffice is the open source version of StarOffice, a full office
productivity suite. LibreOffice is a fork of OpenOffice.


Affected Packages

Package: app-office/openoffice-bin
Vulnerable: < 3.5.5.3
Unaffected: >= 3.5.5.3
Architectures: All supported architectures

Package: app-office/openoffice
Vulnerable: <= 3.5.5.3
Architectures: All supported architectures

Package: app-office/libreoffice
Vulnerable: < 4.2.5.2
Unaffected: >= 4.2.5.2
Architectures: All supported architectures

Package: app-office/libreoffice-bin
Vulnerable: < 4.2.5.2
Unaffected: >= 4.2.5.2
Architectures: All supported architectures


Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenOffice and
Libreoffice. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for
details.


Impact

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted file
using OpenOffice, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with
the privileges of the process, a Denial of Service condition, execution
of arbitrary Python code, authentication bypass, or reading and writing
of arbitrary files.


Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All OpenOffice (binary) users should upgrade to the latest version: