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                                    CERT-Renater

                         Note d'Information No. 2007/VULN508
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DATE                      : 13/12/2007

HARDWARE PLATFORM(S)      : /

OPERATING SYSTEM(S)       : Systems running StarOffice/StarSuite 8.

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Sun(sm) Alert Notification
      * Sun Alert ID: 103141
      * Synopsis: Manipulated Database Documents for StarOffice/StarSuite
        8 May Lead to Arbitrary Code Execution
      * Category: Security
      * Product: StarOffice 8 Software
      * BugIDs: 6621547
      * Avoidance: Patch
      * State: Resolved
      * Date Released: 07-Dec-2007, 11-Dec-2007
      * Date Closed: 11-Dec-2007
      * Date Modified: 11-Dec-2007

1. Impact

    A security vulnerability in HSQLDB (the default database engine
    shipped with StarOffice 8), may allow a remote unprivileged user who
    provides a StarOffice database document that is opened by a local user
    to execute arbitrary Java code on the system with the privileges of
    the user running StarOffice/StarSuite 8.

    This issue is also described in the following document:

    CVE-2007-4575 at
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2007-4575

2. Contributing Factors

    This issue can occur in the following releases:

    SPARC Platform
      * StarOffice 8 without patch 120185-13
      * StarSuite 8 without patch 120189-13

    x86 Platform
      * StarOffice 8 without patch 120186-13
      * StarSuite 8 without patch 120190-13

    Linux
      * StarOffice 8 without patch 120184-12
      * StarSuite 8 without patch 120188-12

    Windows
      * StarOffice 8 without patch 120187-12
      * StarSuite 8 without patch 120191-12

    Note: Earlier versions of StarOffice/StarSuite are not affected by
    this issue.

    To determine the version of StarOffice/StarSuite installed on a
    system, the following command can be run (for
    <programdir>/program/bootstraprc):
     % grep Product bootstraprc
     ProductKey=StarOffice 8
     ProductPatch=(Product Update 5)

    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.

3. Symptoms

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

4. Relief/Workaround

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

5. Resolution

    This issue is addressed in the following releases:

    SPARC Platform
      * StarOffice 8 with patch 120185-13 or later
      * StarSuite 8 with patch 120189-13 or later

    x86 Platform
      * StarOffice 8 with patch 120186-13 or later
      * StarSuite 8 with patch 120190-13 or later

    Linux
      * StarOffice 8 with patch 120184-12 or later
      * StarSuite 8 with patch 120188-12 or later

    Windows
      * StarOffice 8 with patch 120187-12 or later
      * StarSuite 8 with patch 120191-12 or later

    For more information on Security Sun Alerts, see Sun Infodoc
    91209.

Change History

    11-Dec-2007:
      * Updated Contributing Factors and Resolution sections
      * State: Resolved

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