Security Vulnerability for OLE Files in StarOffice 7 and 8, StarSuite 7 and 8

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Security Vulnerability for OLE Files in StarOffice 7 and 8, StarSuite 7 and 8

1. Impact

A security vulnerability with the way StarOffice/StarSuite 7 and 8 process OLE files may allow a remote unprivileged user who provides a StarOffice/StarSuite document that is opened by a local user to execute arbitrary commands on the system with the privileges of the user running StarOffice/StarSuite.

OLE is typically used with MS Office documents (these typically have names ending in 'doc', 'ppt', 'xls', etc.) but the issue might also occur with documents from StarOffice 5 and older versions (for example, with names ending in 'sdw', 'sdc', 'sdi', etc).

Sun acknowledges with thanks, an anonymous researcher working with the iDefense Vulnerability Contributor Program (VCP)  at http://labs.idefense.com/vcp/.

This issue is described in the following:

2. Contributing Factors

This issue can occur in the following releases:

SPARC Platform

• StarOffice/StarSuite 7 without patch 116519-16
  
• StarOffice 8 without patch 120185-14
• StarSuite 8 without patch 120189-14

x86 Platform

• StarOffice/StarSuite 7 without patch 117073-14
  
• StarOffice 8 without patch 120186-14
• StarSuite 8 without patch 120190-14

Linux

• StarOffice/StarSuite 7 without patch 116518-16
  
• StarOffice 8 without patch 120184-13
• StarSuite 8 without patch 120188-13

Windows

• StarOffice/StarSuite 7 without patch 116520-15
  
• StarOffice 8 without patch 120187-13
• StarSuite 8 without patch 120191-13
• StarSuite 8 Impress Standalone without patch 128021-03
  

Note: Earlier versions of StarOffice and StarSuite will not be evaluated regarding this issue.

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

    % grep Product bootstraprc
    ProductKey=StarOffice 8
    ProductPatch=(Product Update 10)

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.

3. Symptoms

There are no predictable symptoms that would indicate this issue has occurred.

4. Workaround

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

5. Resolution

This issue is addressed in the following releases:

SPARC Platform

• StarOffice/StarSuite 7 with patch 116519-16 or later
  
• StarOffice 8 with patch 120185-14 or later
• StarSuite 8 with patch 120189-14 or later

x86 Platform

• StarOffice/StarSuite 7 with patch 117073-14 or later
  
• StarOffice 8 with patch 120186-14 or later
• StarSuite 8 with patch 120190-14 or later

Linux

• StarOffice/StarSuite 7 with patch 116518-16 or later
  
• StarOffice 8 with patch 120184-13 or later
• StarSuite 8 with patch 120188-13 or later

Windows

• StarOffice/StarSuite 7 with patch 116520-15 or later
  
• StarOffice 8 with patch 120187-13 or later
• StarSuite 8 with patch 120191-13 or later
• StarSuite 8 Impress Standalone with patch 128021-03 or later
  

For more information on Security Sun Alerts, see Technical Instruction ID 213557.

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Modification History

28-Apr-2008: Updated Resolution section to add link for Security Technical Instruction doc
01-May-2008: Updated Contributing Factors and Resolution sections, RESOLVED

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