A Security Vulnerability in StarOffice/StarSuite 8 may allow file manipulation and Arbitrary Code execution

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A Security Vulnerability in StarOffice/StarSuite 8 may allow file manipulation and Arbitrary Code execution

1. Impact

A security vulnerability in the custom memory allocation function of StarOffice/StarSuite 8 may lead to heap overflows and file manipulation. This could allow a remote unprivileged user who provides a StarOffice/StarSuite document that is opened by a local user to execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of that user.

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

This issue is also described in the following document:


2. Contributing Factors

This issue can occur in the following releases:

SPARC Platform

• StarOffice 8 prior to Update 11
• StarSuite 8 prior to Update 11

x86 Platform

• StarOffice 8 prior to Update 11
• StarSuite 8 prior to Update 11

Linux Platform

• StarOffice 8 prior to Update 11
• StarSuite 8 prior to Update 11

Windows Platform

• StarOffice 8 prior to Update 11
• StarSuite 8 prior to Update 11
• StarSuite 8 Impress Standalone prior to Update 11

Note: StarOffice/StarSuite 7 is not impacted by 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 11
ProductPatch=(Product Update XXXXXXX)

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 8 Update 11 or later
  
• StarSuite 8 Update 11 or later

x86 Platform

• StarOffice 8 Update 11 or later
• StarSuite 8 Update 11 or later

Linux Platform

• StarOffice 8 Update 11 or later
• StarSuite 8 Update 11 or later

Windows Platform

• StarOffice 8 Update 11 or later
• StarSuite 8 Update 11 or later
• StarSuite 8 Impress Standalone Update 11 or later

StarOffice Updates are available at http://sunsolve.sun.com/show.do?target=patches/xprod-StarOffice&nav=pub-patches

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

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