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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2006.118

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDKSA-2006-118 – OpenOffice.org versions 1.1.x up to 1.1.5 and 2.0.x before 2.0.3 allows user-complicit attackers to conduct unauthorized activities via an OpenOffice document with a malicious BASIC macro, which is executed without prompting the user. An unspecified vulnerability in Java Applets in OpenOffice.org versions 1.1.x up to 1.1.5 and 2.0.x before 2.0.3 allows user-complicit attackers to escape the Java sandbox and conduct unauthorized activities via certain applets in OpenOffice documents. Heap-based buffer overflow in OpenOffice.org versions 1.1.x up to 1.1.5 and 2.0.x before 2.0.3 allows 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.”

 

You can download this advisory from the following link: https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/download/48104/MDKSA-2006-118.txt

Source: https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/48104/Mandriva-Linux-Security-Advisory-2006.118.html

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