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                                    CERT-Renater

                         Note d'Information No. 2008/VULN219
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DATE                      : 17/06/2008

HARDWARE PLATFORM(S)      : /

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

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http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/printfriendly.do?assetkey=1-66-237944-1
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    Solution Type: Sun Alert
    Solution  237944 :   A Security Vulnerability in StarOffice/StarSuite
    8 may allow file manipulation and Arbitrary Code execution
    Bug ID: 6702916

    Product
    StarOffice 8,
    StarSuite 8

    Date of Resolved Release: 11-Jun-2008

    SA Document Body

    A Security Vulnerability in StarOffice/StarSuite 8 may allow file
    manipulation and Arbitrary Code execution


    1. Impact

    A security vulnerability in the custom memory allocation function of
    StarOffice/StarSuite 8 may lead to heap overflows and file
    manipulation. This could allow a remote unprivileged user who provides
    a StarOffice/StarSuite document that is opened by a local user to
    execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of that user.

    Sun acknowledges with thanks, an anonymous researcher working with the
    iDefense Vulnerability Contributor Program (VCP)
    (http://labs.idefense.com/vcp/).

    This issue is also described in the following document:

    CVE-2008-2152 at
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2152


    2. Contributing Factors

    This issue can occur in the following releases:
    SPARC Platform
      * StarOffice 8 prior to Update 11
      * StarSuite 8 prior to Update 11

    x86 Platform
      * StarOffice 8 prior to Update 11
      * StarSuite 8 prior to Update 11

    Linux Platform
      * StarOffice 8 prior to Update 11
      * StarSuite 8 prior to Update 11

    Windows Platform
      * StarOffice 8 prior to Update 11
      * StarSuite 8 prior to Update 11
      * StarSuite 8 Impress Standalone prior to Update 11

    Note: StarOffice/StarSuite 7 is not impacted by this issue.
    To determine the version of StarOffice/StarSuite installed on a
    system, the following command can be run (for <program
    dir>/program/bootstraprc):

    % grep Product bootstraprc
    ProductKey=StarOffice 11
    ProductPatch=(Product Update XXXXXXX)

    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
    occurred


    4. 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 Update 11 or later
      * StarSuite 8 Update 11 or later

    x86 Platform
      * StarOffice 8 Update 11 or later
      * StarSuite 8 Update 11 or later

    Linux Platform
      * StarOffice 8 Update 11 or later
      * StarSuite 8 Update 11 or later

    Windows Platform
      * StarOffice 8 Update 11 or later
      * StarSuite 8 Update 11 or later
      * StarSuite 8 Impress Standalone Update 11 or later

    StarOffice Updates are available at
    http://sunsolve.sun.com/show.do?target=patches/xprod-StarOffice&nav
    =pub-patches

    For more information on Security Sun Alerts, see Technical
    Instruction ID 213557.

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