=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1537-1
August 13, 2012

openoffice.org vulnerability
=========================================================================
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary:

OpenOffice.org could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it
opened a specially crafted file.

Software Description:
- openoffice.org: Office productivity suite

Details:

It was discovered that OpenOffice.org incorrectly handled certain
encryption tags in Open Document Text (.odt) files. If a user were tricked
into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could cause
OpenOffice.org to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the user invoking the program.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  openoffice.org-core             1:3.2.0-7ubuntu4.4

After a standard system update you need to restart OpenOffice.org to make
all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1537-1
  CVE-2012-2665

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/1:3.2.0-7ubuntu4.4


Ubuntu 1537-1: OpenOffice.org vulnerability

August 14, 2012
OpenOffice.org could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: openoffice.org-core 1:3.2.0-7ubuntu4.4 After a standard system update you need to restart OpenOffice.org to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1537-1

CVE-2012-2665

Severity
August 13, 2012

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/1:3.2.0-7ubuntu4.4

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