RHEL 3 : openoffice.org (RHSA-2004:446)

low Nessus Plugin ID 14739

Synopsis

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

Description

Updated openoffice.org packages that fix a security issue in temporary file handling are now available.

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

Secunia Research reported an issue with the handling of temporary files. A malicious local user could use this flaw to access the contents of another user's open documents. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2004-0752 to this issue.

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 openoffice.org, openoffice.org-i18n and / or openoffice.org-libs packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2004-0752

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004:446

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 14739

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2004-446.nasl

Version: 1.26

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/15/2004

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-i18n, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openoffice.org-libs, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/15/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/20/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0752

RHSA: 2004:446

Secunia: 12302