National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-4937

Overview

senddoc in OpenOffice.org (OOo) 2.4.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/log.obr.##### temporary file.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Vendor Statments (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (11/06/2008)

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of OpenOffice.org as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5.

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770

Hyperlink:https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugs.gentoo.org/235824

Hyperlink:https://bugs.gentoo.org/235824

External Source: XF

Name: openoffice-senddoc-symlink(44829)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/44829

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-677-2

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-677-2

External Source: BID

Name: 30925

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30925

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20081030 CVE requests: tempfile issues for aview, mgetty, openoffice, crossfire

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2009:070

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:070

External Source: MISC

Name: http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt

Hyperlink:http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200812-13

Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-13.xml

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 33140

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/33140

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/openoffice.org-common

Hyperlink:http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/openoffice.org-common

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://bugs.debian.org/496361

Hyperlink:http://bugs.debian.org/496361