It may be possible for a local or remote unprivileged user to crash StarOffice/StarSuite or to execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of a user running the StarOffice/StarSuite application by inducing that user to load a specially crafted StarOffice/StarSuite document.

This issue is also described in the following document:

CVE CAN-2006-3117 at: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2006-3117

This issue can occur in the following releases:

SPARC Platform

• StarOffice 6 Office Suite without patch 112885-05
• StarOffice/StarSuite 7 without patch 116519-11
• StarOffice 8 Office Suite without patch 120185-06
• StarSuite 8 without patch 120189-06

x86 Platform

• StarOffice 6 Office Suite without patch 112886-05
• StarOffice/StarSuite 7 without patch 117073-09
• StarOffice 8 Office Suite without patch 120186-06
• StarSuite 8 without patch 120190-06

Linux Platform

• StarOffice 6 Office Suite without patch 112887-05
• StarOffice/StarSuite 7 without patch 116518-11
• StarOffice 8 Office Suite without patch 120184-05
• StarSuite 8 without patch 120188-05

Windows Platform

• StarOffice 6 Office Suite without patch 112888-05
• StarOffice/StarSuite 7 without patch 116520-10
• StarOffice 8 Office Suite without patch 120187-05
• StarSuite 8 without patch 120191-05

Note: StarOffice 5.x will not be evaluated regarding the potential impact of the issue described in this Sun Alert.

To determine the version of StarOffice installed on a system, the following command can be run (for /<staroffice program dir>/program/bootstraprc):

    % cat bootstraprc | grep Product
    ProductKey=StarOffice 8
    ProductPatch=(Product Update 2)

Or using the GUI, do the following (with StarOffice/StarSuite open):

1. Open the "Help" menu
2. Choose "About StarOffice" (StarSuite)

The version is displayed first in the "about" text.

There are no predictable symptoms that would indicate this issue has been exploited to execute code with the privileges of a local user.

There is no workaround to this issue. Please see the Resolution section below.

This issue is addressed in the following releases:

SPARC Platform

• StarOffice 6 Office Suite with patch 112885-05 or later
• StarOffice/StarSuite 7 with patch 116519-11 or later
• StarOffice 8 Office Suite with patch 120185-06 or later
• StarSuite 8 with patch 120189-06 or later

x86 Platform

• StarOffice 6 Office Suite with patch 112886-05 or later
• StarOffice/StarSuite 7 with patch 117073-09 or later
• StarOffice 8 Office Suite with patch 120186-06 or later
• StarSuite 8 with patch 120190-06 or later

Linux Platform

• StarOffice 6 Office Suite with patch 112887-05 or later
• StarOffice/StarSuite 7 with patch 116518-11 or later
• StarOffice 8 Office Suite with patch 120184-05 or later
• StarSuite 8 with patch 120188-05 or later

Windows Platform

• StarOffice 6 Office Suite with patch 112888-05 or later
• StarOffice/StarSuite 7 with patch 116520-10 or later
• StarOffice 8 Office Suite with patch 120187-05 or later
• StarSuite 8 with patch 120191-05 or later

10-Jul-2006:

• Updated Contributing Factors and Resolution sections

14-Jul-2006:

• Updated Contributing Factors and Resolution sections
• State: Resolved

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