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| <h2><a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2010-4253">CVE-2010-4253</a></h2> |
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| Security Vulnerability in OpenOffice.org related to PNG file processing |
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| <li><strong>Synopsis:</strong> |
| A security vulnerability in OpenOffice.org, related to PNG file processing, may lead to arbitrary code execution. |
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| <li><strong>State:</strong> Resolved</li> |
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| <h4>1. Impact</h4> |
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| A security vulnerability in OpenOffice.org, related to PNG 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 PNG file provided by the remote user. |
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| Note: PNG files could be embedded in many different document types, including all kind of ODF and MS Office documents. |
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| <h4>2. Affected releases</h4> |
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| <li>All versions of OpenOffice.org 3 prior to version 3.3</li> |
| <li>All versions of OpenOffice.org 2</li> |
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| <p>Note: Earlier versions of OpenOffice.org are no longer supported and will not be evaluated regarding this issue.</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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| To workaround the described issue, do not load documents from untrusted sources. |
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| <h4>5. Resolution</h4> |
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| <p>This issue is addressed in the following release: <strong>OpenOffice.org 3.3</strong></p> |
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| <h4>6. Comments</h4> |
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| OpenOffice.org acknowledges with thanks, Marc Schoenefeld from Red Hat Security Response Team. |
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