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MDKSA-2006:118: OpenOffice.org

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Check for the version of the OpenOffice.org package

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory MDKSA-2006:118 (OpenOffice.org).

OpenOffice.org 1.1.x up to 1.1.5 and 2.0.x before 2.0.3 permits user-complicit

attackers to conduct unauthorized activities via an OpenOffice document with

a malicious BASIC macro, which is executed without prompting the user.

(CVE-2006-2198)

An unspecified vulnerability in Java Applets in OpenOffice.org 1.1.x up to

1.1.5 and 2.0.x before 2.0.3 permits user-complicit attackers to escape the

Java sandbox and conduct unauthorized activities via certain applets in

OpenOffice documents. (CVE-2006-2199)

Heap-based buffer overflow in OpenOffice.org 1.1.x up to 1.1.5 and 2.0.x

before 2.0.3 permits user-complicit attackers to execute arbitrary code via a

crafted OpenOffice XML document that is not properly handled by (1) Calc,

(2) Draw, (3) Impress, (4) Math, or (5) Writer, aka 'File Format / Buffer

Overflow Vulnerability.' (CVE-2006-3117)

Updated packages are patched to address this issue.

Solution : http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:118
Network Security Threat Level: High

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Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2006 Tenable Network Security

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