OpenOffice/StarOffice Local File Disclosure Vulnerability

BID:11151

Info

OpenOffice/StarOffice Local File Disclosure Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 11151
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2004-0752
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Sep 10 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 07:06AM
Credit: Discovery is credited to Carsten Eiram.
Vulnerable: Sun StarOffice 7.0
Redhat Linux 9.0 i386
Redhat Fedora Core2
Redhat Fedora Core1
OpenOffice OpenOffice 1.1.2
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ppc
 + Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ia64
 + Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ia32
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

OpenOffice/StarOffice Local File Disclosure Vulnerability

StarOffice and OpenOffice are reported prone to a local file disclosure vulnerability. This issue presents itself because the application creates insecure temporary files. Each time a user saves a file, a compressed copy of the file is saved in a temporary direcotry. This can allow a local attacker to disclose files of other users.

OpenOffice 1.1.2 and StarOffice 7.0 are reported prone to this vulnerability.

Exploit / POC

OpenOffice/StarOffice Local File Disclosure Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

Solution / Fix

OpenOffice/StarOffice Local File Disclosure Vulnerability

Solution:
This issue has been addressed in Product Update 3 for StarOffice 7 and a release candidate for OpenOffice 1.1.3. Please contact the vendor for further details.

RedHat has released an advisory (RHSA-2004:446-08) to address this issue in Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Please see the advisory in Web references for more information.

Mandrake Linux has made an advisory (MDKSA-2004:103) along with fixes available dealing with this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.

Gentoo has released an advisory (GLSA 200410-17) to address this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for more information. Gentoo users may carry out the following commands to update their computers:

OpenOffice.org users:
emerge sync
emerge -pv ">=app-office/openoffice-1.1.3"
emerge ">=app-office/openoffice-1.1.3"

OpenOffice.org binary users:
emerge sync
emerge -pv ">=app-office/openoffice-bin-1.1.3"
emerge ">=app-office/openoffice-bin-1.1.3"

OpenOffice.org Ximian users:
emerge sync
emerge -pv ">=app-office/openoffice-ximian-1.3.4"
emerge ">=app-office/openoffice-1.3.4"

The Fedora Legacy project has released advisory FLSA:154988 to address this issue in RedHat Linux 9, and Fedora Core 1 and 2. Please see the referenced advisory for further information.


OpenOffice OpenOffice 1.1.2

Sun StarOffice 7.0

References

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