Florian Effenberger | 12 Feb 2010 12:04
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[security-alerts] CVE-2009-3301, CVE-2009-3302: Security Vulnerability in OpenOffice.org related to MS-Word document processing

CVE-2009-3301, CVE-2009-3302: Security Vulnerability in OpenOffice.org 
related to MS-Word document processing

	* Synopsis: A security vulnerability in OpenOffice.org, related to 
MS-Word document processing, may lead to arbitrary code execution.

	* State: Resolved

1. Impact

A security vulnerability in OpenOffice.org, related to Word document 
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 Word document provided 
by the remote user.

2. Affected releases

All versions of OpenOffice.org prior to version 3.2

3. Symptoms

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

4. Relief/Workaround

To workaround the described issue, do not load documents from untrusted 
sources.

5. Resolution

This issue is addressed in the following release: OpenOffice.org 3.2

6. Comments

OpenOffice.org acknowledges with thanks, Nicolas Joly of VUPEN 
Vulnerability Research Team.

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