Security Advisory openoffice.org security update

Advisory: RHSA-2004:446-08
Type: Security Advisory
Severity: Moderate
Issued on: 2004-09-15
Last updated on: 2004-09-15
Affected Products: Red Hat Desktop (v. 3)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 3)
OVAL: N/A
CVEs (cve.mitre.org): CVE-2004-0752

Details

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 CAN-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

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied. Use Red Hat
Network to download and update your packages. To launch the Red Hat
Update Agent, use the following command:

up2date

For information on how to install packages manually, refer to the
following Web page for the System Administration or Customization
guide specific to your system:

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/

Updated packages

Red Hat Desktop (v. 3)

SRPMS:
openoffice.org-1.1.0-16.14.EL.src.rpm     e71cc56e9b9bf55a138b1af8b6da6ceb
 
IA-32:
openoffice.org-1.1.0-16.14.EL.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1426
    622d3edf4ce2cc890dc1426e34884429
openoffice.org-i18n-1.1.0-16.14.EL.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1426
    ecc099305001b53795fc39e4717563df
openoffice.org-libs-1.1.0-16.14.EL.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1426
    4f60302463e8df8f76e4eb17e261991b
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3)

SRPMS:
openoffice.org-1.1.0-16.14.EL.src.rpm     e71cc56e9b9bf55a138b1af8b6da6ceb
 
IA-32:
openoffice.org-1.1.0-16.14.EL.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1426
    622d3edf4ce2cc890dc1426e34884429
openoffice.org-i18n-1.1.0-16.14.EL.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1426
    ecc099305001b53795fc39e4717563df
openoffice.org-libs-1.1.0-16.14.EL.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1426
    4f60302463e8df8f76e4eb17e261991b
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3)

SRPMS:
openoffice.org-1.1.0-16.14.EL.src.rpm     e71cc56e9b9bf55a138b1af8b6da6ceb
 
IA-32:
openoffice.org-1.1.0-16.14.EL.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1426
    622d3edf4ce2cc890dc1426e34884429
openoffice.org-i18n-1.1.0-16.14.EL.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1426
    ecc099305001b53795fc39e4717563df
openoffice.org-libs-1.1.0-16.14.EL.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1426
    4f60302463e8df8f76e4eb17e261991b
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 3)

SRPMS:
openoffice.org-1.1.0-16.14.EL.src.rpm     e71cc56e9b9bf55a138b1af8b6da6ceb
 
IA-32:
openoffice.org-1.1.0-16.14.EL.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1426
    622d3edf4ce2cc890dc1426e34884429
openoffice.org-i18n-1.1.0-16.14.EL.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1426
    ecc099305001b53795fc39e4717563df
openoffice.org-libs-1.1.0-16.14.EL.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1426
    4f60302463e8df8f76e4eb17e261991b
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

References



These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from:
https://www.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package

The Red Hat security contact is secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at http://www.redhat.com/security/team/contact/