VLC, OpenOffice sårbarheter

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http://secunia.com/advisories/29878/

VLC Speex Header Processing Vulnerability

Secunia Advisory: SA29878 Release Date: 2008-04-18

Critical: Highly critical

Impact: DoS

System access

Where: From remote

Solution Status: Vendor Workaround

Software:VLC media player 0.x

 

CVE reference:CVE-2008-1686 (Secunia mirror)

 

 

Description:

A vulnerability has been reported in VLC, which can potentially be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

 

For more information:

SA29727

 

The vulnerability is reported in version 0.8.6f. Other versions may also be affected.

 

Solution:

Fixed in the GIT repository.

http://trac.videolan.org/vlc/changeset/8060b3457e20e6223b70927693f8da8f547b8fef

 

Provided and/or discovered by:

oCERT

 

Original Advisory:

http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-004.html

 

http://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/1556

 

Other References:

SA29727:

http://secunia.com/advisories/29727/

 

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En o annan som har sin pokerbokföring på OpenOffice Calc istället för Excel(eller använder andra openoffice produkter):

Dags o uppdatera till 2.4.0

 

http://secunia.com/advisories/29852/

 

OpenOffice Multiple Vulnerabilities

Secunia Advisory: SA29852 Release Date: 2008-04-17

Critical: Highly critical

Impact: System access

Where: From remote

Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:OpenOffice 1.0.x

OpenOffice 1.1.x

OpenOffice.org 2.x

 

CVE reference:CVE-2007-4770 (Secunia mirror)

CVE-2007-4771 (Secunia mirror)

CVE-2007-5746 (Secunia mirror)

CVE-2007-5745 (Secunia mirror)

CVE-2007-5747 (Secunia mirror)

CVE-2008-0320 (Secunia mirror)

 

 

Description:

Some vulnerabilities have been reported in OpenOffice, which can be exploited by malicious people to potentially compromise a user's system.

 

1) Multiple unspecified errors in the processing of EMF, Quattro Pro, and OLE files can be exploited to cause heap-based buffer overflows.

 

2) Two errors in the processing of ODF text documents containing specially crafted XForms can be exploited to corrupt heap memory.

 

For more information:

SA28575

 

Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities may allow execution of arbitrary code.

 

The vulnerabilities are reported in versions prior to 2.4.

 

Do you have this product installed on your home computer? Scan using the free Personal Software Inspector. Check if a vulnerable version is installed on computers in your corporate network, scan using the Network Software Inspector.

 

Solution:

Update to version 2.4.

 

Provided and/or discovered by:

1) The vendor credits an anonymous researcher working with the iDefense VCP.

 

Original Advisory:

OpenOffice:

http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2007-5746.html

http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2007-4770.html

http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2007-5745.html

http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2008-0320.html

 

Other References:

SA28575:

http://secunia.com/advisories/28575/