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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2008-090

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory – A heap overflow was discovered in OpenOffice.org’s EMF parser. An attacker could create a carefully crafted EMF file that could cause OpenOffice.org to crash or potentially execute arbitrary code if the malicious EMF image was added to a document or if a document containing such an EMF file was opened. A heap overflow was discovered in the OLE Structured Storage file parser, a format used by Microsoft Office documents. An attacker could create a carefully crafted OLE file that could cause OpenOffice.org to crash or potentially execute arbitrary code.

 

You can download this advisory from the following link: https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/download/65702/MDVSA-2008-090.txt

Source: https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/65702/Mandriva-Linux-Security-Advisory-2008-090.html

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