RHEL 5 : openoffice.org (RHSA-2008:0835)

high Nessus Plugin ID 34058

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated openoffice.org packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

OpenOffice.org is an office productivity suite that includes desktop applications, such as a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation manager, formula editor, and a drawing program.

A numeric truncation error was found in the OpenOffice.org memory allocator. If a carefully crafted file was opened by a victim, an attacker could use this flaw to crash OpenOffice.org or, possibly, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2008-3282)

All users of openoffice.org are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2008-3282

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0835

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 34058

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2008-0835.nasl

Version: 1.24

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/28/2008

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-base, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-calc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-draw, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-emailmerge, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-graphicfilter, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-headless, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-impress, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-javafilter, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-langpack-af_za, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-langpack-ar, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-langpack-as_in, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-langpack-bg_bg, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-langpack-bn, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-langpack-ca_es, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-langpack-cs_cz, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-langpack-cy_gb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-langpack-da_dk, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-langpack-de, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-langpack-el_gr, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-langpack-es, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-langpack-et_ee, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-langpack-eu_es, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-langpack-fi_fi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-langpack-fr, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-langpack-ga_ie, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-langpack-gl_es, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-langpack-gu_in, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-langpack-he_il, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-langpack-hi_in, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-langpack-hr_hr, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-langpack-hu_hu, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-langpack-it, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-langpack-ja_jp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-langpack-kn_in, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-langpack-ko_kr, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-langpack-lt_lt, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-langpack-ml_in, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-langpack-mr_in, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-langpack-ms_my, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-langpack-nb_no, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-langpack-nl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-langpack-nn_no, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-langpack-nr_za, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-langpack-nso_za, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-langpack-or_in, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-langpack-pa_in, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-langpack-pl_pl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-langpack-pt_br, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-langpack-pt_pt, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-langpack-ru, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-langpack-sk_sk, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-langpack-sl_si, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-langpack-sr_cs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-langpack-ss_za, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-langpack-st_za, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-langpack-sv, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-langpack-ta_in, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-langpack-te_in, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-langpack-th_th, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-langpack-tn_za, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-langpack-tr_tr, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-langpack-ts_za, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-langpack-ur, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-langpack-ve_za, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-langpack-xh_za, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-langpack-zh_cn, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-langpack-zh_tw, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-langpack-zu_za, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-math, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-pyuno, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-sdk, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-sdk-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-testtools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-writer, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-xsltfilter, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/27/2008

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/29/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-3282

BID: 30866

CWE: 189

RHSA: 2008:0835