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| <h2><a href= |
| "http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2009-2950">CVE-2009-2950</a></h2> |
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| <h3>Security Vulnerability in OpenOffice.org related to GIF file |
| processing</h3> |
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| <ul> |
| <li><strong>Synopsis:</strong> Security Vulnerability in OpenOffice.org |
| related to GIF file processing may lead to arbitrary code execution</li> |
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| <li><strong>State:</strong> Resolved</li> |
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| <h4>1. Impact</h4> |
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| <p>A security vulnerability in OpenOffice.org, related to GIF file |
| processing, may allow a remote unprivileged user to execute arbitrary code |
| on the system with the privileges of a local user running OpenOffice.org, |
| if the local user opens a crafted GIF file provided by the remote user. GIF |
| files can also be embedded in different kind of documents, including |
| documents in the OpenDocument Format (ODF), the default format used by |
| OpenOffice.org.</p> |
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| <h4>2. Affected releases</h4> |
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| <p>All versions of OpenOffice.org prior to version 3.2</p> |
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| <h4>3. Symptoms</h4> |
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| <p>There are no predictable symptoms that would indicate this issue has |
| occurred.</p> |
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| <h4>4. Relief/Workaround</h4> |
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| <p>To workaround the described issue, do not load documents from untrusted |
| sources.</p> |
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| <h4>5. Resolution</h4> |
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| <p>This issue is addressed in the following release: <strong>OpenOffice.org |
| 3.2</strong></p> |
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| <h4>6. Comments</h4> |
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| <p>OpenOffice.org acknowledges with thanks, Frank Reißner and Sebastian |
| Apelt from <a href="http://siberas.com/">siberas</a></p> |
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