== Secunia Research 01/09/2009 - OpenOffice.org Word Document Table Parsing Buffer Overflow - == Table of Contents Affected Software....................................................1 Severity.............................................................2 Vendor's Description of Software.....................................3 Description of Vulnerability.........................................4 Solution.............................................................5 Time Table...........................................................6 Credits..............................................................7 References...........................................................8 About Secunia........................................................9 Verification........................................................10 == 1) Affected Software * OpenOffice.org 3.1 NOTE: Other versions may also be affected. == 2) Severity Rating: Highly critical Impact: System access Where: Remote == 3) Vendor's Description of Software "OpenOffice.org 3 is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more.". Product Link: http://openoffice.org/ == 4) Description of Vulnerability Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in OpenOffice.org, which can be exploited by malicious people to potentially compromise a user's system. The vulnerability is caused by a boundary error when parsing certain records and can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted document. Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code. == 5) Solution Update to version 3.1.1. == 6) Time Table 18/05/2009 - Vendor notified. 18/05/2009 - Vendor response. 01/09/2009 - Public disclosure. == 7) Credits Discovered by Dyon Balding, Secunia Research. == 8) References The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned CVE-2009-0201 for the vulnerability. == 9) About Secunia Secunia offers vulnerability management solutions to corporate customers with verified and reliable vulnerability intelligence relevant to their specific system configuration: http://secunia.com/advisories/business_solutions/ Secunia also provides a publicly accessible and comprehensive advisory database as a service to the security community and private individuals, who are interested in or concerned about IT-security. http://secunia.com/advisories/ Secunia believes that it is important to support the community and to do active vulnerability research in order to aid improving the security and reliability of software in general: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/ Secunia regularly hires new skilled team members. Check the URL below to see currently vacant positions: http://secunia.com/corporate/jobs/ Secunia offers a FREE mailing list called Secunia Security Advisories: http://secunia.com/advisories/mailing_lists/ == 10) Verification Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-27/ Complete list of vulnerability reports published by Secunia Research: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/ ==