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Latest version of this security advisory is available from http://support.oracle.com as Sun Alert 1000942.1.
Article ID : 1000942.1
Article Type : Sun Alerts (SURE)
Last reviewed : 2007-06-14
Audience : PUBLIC
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Integer Overflow and Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in 3rd Party Module (Freetype)

Category
Security

Release Phase
Resolved

Product
StarOffice 7 Software
StarOffice 6.0 Office Suite
StarOffice 8 Software

Bug Id
6564489

Date of Resolved Release
15-JUN-2007

Impact

Opening manipulated documents which trigger an overflow in the freetype library may allow arbitrary command execution on the system with the privileges of the user running StarOffice/StarSuite.

This issue is referenced in the following document:

    CVE-2007-2754 at: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2007-2754

 


Contributing Factors

This issue can occur in the following releases:

SPARC Platform

  • StarOffice/StarSuite 6.0 PP7 without patch 112885-08
  • StarOffice/StarSuite 7 PP10 without patch 116519-14
  • StarOffice 8 Update 7 without patch 120185-11
  • StarSuite 8 Update 7 without patch 120189-11

x86 Platform

  • StarOffice/StarSuite 6.0 PP7 without patch 112886-08
  • StarOffice/StarSuite 7 PP10 without patch 117073-12
  • StarOffice 8 Update 7 without patch 120186-11
  • StarSuite 8 Update 7 without patch 120190-11

Linux Platform

  • StarOffice/StarSuite 6.0 PP7 without patch 112887-08
  • StarOffice/StarSuite 7 PP10 without patch 116518-14
  • StarSuite 8 Update 7 without patch 120184-10
  • StarOffice 8 Update 7 without patch 120188-10

Note 1: StarOffice/StarSuite on the Windows platform is not affected by this issue.

Note 2: StarOffice/StarSuite earlier versions will not be evaluated regarding this issue.

To determine the version of StarOffice installed on a system, the following command can be run (for /<staroffice program dir>/program/bootstraprc):

    % cat bootstraprc | grep Product
ProductKey=StarOffice 8
ProductPatch=(Product Update 2)

Or using the GUI, do the following (with StarOffice/StarSuite open):

  1. Open the "Help" menu
  2. Choose "About StarOffice" (StarSuite)

The version is displayed first in the "about" text.


Symptoms

There are no predictable symptoms that would indicate this issue has occurred.


Workaround

There is no workaround for this issue. Please see the Resolution section below.


Resolution

This issue is addressed in the following releases:

SPARC Platform

  • StarOffice/StarSuite 6.0 PP7 with patch 112885-08 or later
  • StarOffice/StarSuite 7 PP10 with patch 116519-14 or later
  • StarOffice 8 Update 7 with patch 120185-11 or later
  • StarSuite 8 Update 7 with patch 120189-11 or later

x86 Platform

  • StarOffice/StarSuite 6.0 PP7 with patch 112886-08 or later
  • StarOffice/StarSuite 7 PP10 with patch 117073-12 or later
  • StarOffice 8 Update 7 with patch 120186-11 or later
  • StarSuite 8 Update 7 with patch 120190-11 or later

Linux Platform

  • StarOffice/StarSuite 6.0 PP7 with patch 112887-08 or later
  • StarOffice/StarSuite 7 PP10 with patch 116518-14 or later
  • StarSuite 8 Update 7 with patch 120184-10 or later
  • StarOffice 8 Update 7 with patch 120188-10 or later


References

120184-10
120185-11
120186-11
120188-10
120189-11
120190-11
116518-14
116519-14
117073-12
112887-08
112885-08
112886-08




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