Gentoo update for openoffice and openoffice-bin
Secunia Advisory: SA31029
Release Date: 2008-07-10
Popularity: 1,829 views

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Gentoo Linux 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2008-2152


Description:
Gentoo has issued an update for openoffice and openoffice-bin. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

For more information:
SA30599

Solution:
openoffice users:
Update to "app-office/openoffice-2.4.1" or later.

openoffice-bin users:
Update to "app-office/openoffice-bin-2.4.1" or later.

Original Advisory:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200807-05.xml

Other References:
SA30599:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30599/


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