Sun OpenOffice up to 3.2.1 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Sun OpenOffice. Affected is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2010-4253. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sun OpenOffice (Office Suite Software) and classified as very critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Heap-based buffer overflow in Impress in OpenOffice.org (OOo) 2.x and 3.x before 3.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PNG file in an ODF or Microsoft Office document, as demonstrated by a PowerPoint (aka PPT) document.

The weakness was shared 01/26/2011 by Dan Rosenberg with Red Hat as Bug 658259 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-4253. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 08/02/2024). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product decreasing in the near future.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 51887 (CentOS 4 : openoffice.org / openoffice.org2 (CESA-2011:0181)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 155516 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Update for OpenOffice.org (ELSA-2011-0183)).

Upgrading to version 2.0.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (51887), SecurityFocus (BID 46031†), OSVDB (70717†), SecurityTracker (ID 1025002†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-29400†). The entries VDB-56265, VDB-56263, VDB-56262 and VDB-56261 are related to this item. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 51887
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 : openoffice.org / openoffice.org2 (CESA-2011:0181)
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OpenVAS ID: 68989
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2151-1 (openoffice.org)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: OpenOffice 2.0.0

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Bug 658259
Researcher: Dan Rosenberg
Organization: Red Hat
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-4253 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-4253
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-56264

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SecurityFocus: 46031 - OpenOffice Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 40775
OSVDB: 70717 - OpenOffice.org (OOo) Impress Crafted PNG File Handling Overflow
SecurityTracker: 1025002
Vulnerability Center: 29400 - [cpuapr2011-301950] Impress in OpenOffice.org Remote DoS Vulnerability or Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium

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Created: 03/20/2015 16:16
Updated: 08/02/2024 01:15
Changes: 03/20/2015 16:16 (67), 03/14/2017 11:52 (11), 10/13/2021 11:29 (4), 10/13/2021 11:37 (1), 08/02/2024 01:15 (16)
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