Security Vulnerability in StarOffice/StarSuite 8 and 9 Related to XML Document Processing may Lead to Arbitrary Code Execution

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Security Vulnerability in StarOffice/StarSuite 8 and 9, Related to XML Document Processing ...

1. Impact

A security vulnerability in StarOffice/StarSuite 8 and 9, related to XML document processing,
may allow a remote unprivileged user to execute arbitrary code on the system with the
privileges of a local user running StarOffice/StarSuite, if the local user opens crafted XML
documents provided by the remote user. This also includes documents in the OpenDocument
format (ODF), the default format used by StarOffice/StarSuite.

This issue is also referenced in the following documents:

• CVE-2009-2414 at: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2414
• CVE-2009-2416 at: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2416
  

2. Contributing Factors

This issue can occur in the following releases:

SPARC Platform

• StarOffice 8 without update 14 (patch 120185-19)
• StarSuite 8 without update 14 (patch 120189-19)
• StarOffice 9 without update 3 (patch 142188-01)
• StarSuite 9 without update 3 (patch 142189-01)

x86 Platform

• StarOffice 8 without update 14 (patch 120186-19)
• StarSuite 8 without update 14 (patch 120190-19)
• StarOffice 9 without update 3 (patch 142190-01)
• StarSuite 9 without update 3 (patch 142191-01)

Linux Platform

• StarOffice 8 without update 14 (patch 120184-18)
• StarSuite 8 without update 14 (patch 120188-18)
• StarOffice 9 without update 3 (patch 142212-01)
• StarSuite 9 without update 3 (patch 142213-01)

Windows Platform

StarOffice 8 without update 14 (patch 120187-18)

StarSuite 8 without update 14 (patch 120191-18)

StarSuite 8 Impress Standalone without update 14 for Windows (patch 128021-06)

StarOffice 9 (ar) without update 3 (patch 142193-01)

StarOffice 9 (en-US) without update 3 (patch 142194-01)

StarOffice 9 (de) without update 3 (patch 142195-01)

StarOffice 9 (es) without update 3 (patch 142196-01)

StarOffice 9 (it) without update 3 (patch 142197-01)

StarOffice 9 (fr) without update 3 (patch 142198-01)

StarOffice 9 (sv) without update 3 (patch 142199-01)

StarOffice 9 (nl) without update 3 (patch 142200-01)

StarOffice 9 (hu) without update 3 (patch 142201-01)

StarOffice 9 (ru) without update 3 (patch 142202-01)

StarOffice 9 (pl) without update 3 (patch 142203-01)

StarOffice 9 (pt) without update 3 (patch 142204-01)

StarOffice 9 (pt-BR) without update 3 (patch 142205-01)

StarOffice 9 (en-US, de, es, it, fr, sv, nl, hu, ru, pl, pt, pt-BR, ar) without update 3 (patch 142206-01)

StarSuite 9 (ja) without update 3 (patch 142207-01)

StarSuite 9 (ko) without update 3 (patch 142208-01)

StarSuite 9 (zh-CN) without update 3 (patch 142209-01)

StarSuite 9 (zh-TW) without update 3 (patch 142210-01)

StarSuite 9 (en-US, ja, ko, zh-CN, zh-TW) without update 3 (patch 142211-01)

Mac OSX x86 Platform

• StarOffice 9 (ar) without update 3 (patch 142214-01)
• StarOffice 9 (en-US) without update 3 (patch 142215-01)
• StarOffice 9 (de) without update 3 (patch 142216-01)
• StarOffice 9 (es) without update 3 (patch 142217-01)
• StarOffice 9 (it) without update 3 (patch 142218-01)
• StarOffice 9 (fr) without update 3 (patch 142219-01)
• StarOffice 9 (sv) without update 3 (patch 142220-01)
• StarOffice 9 (nl) without update 3 (patch 142221-01)
• StarOffice 9 (hu) without update 3 (patch 142222-01)
• StarOffice 9 (ru) without update 3 (patch 142223-01)
• StarOffice 9 (pl) without update 3 (patch 142224-01)
• StarOffice 9 (pt) without update 3 (patch 142225-01)
• StarOffice 9 (pt-BR) without update 3 (patch 142226-01)
• StarOffice 9 (en-US, de, es, it, fr, sv, nl, hu, ru, pl, pt, pt-BR, ar) without update 3 (patch 142227-01)
• StarSuite 9 (ja) without update 3 (patch 142228-01)
• StarSuite 9 (ko) without update 3 (patch 142229-01)
• StarSuite 9 (zh-CN) without update 3 (patch 142230-01)
• StarSuite 9 (zh-TW) without update 3 (patch 142231-01)
• StarSuite 9 (en-US, ja, ko, zh-CN, zh-TW) without update 3 (patch142232-01)
  

Note 1: StarOffice/StarSuite 7 are not impacted by this issue.

Note 2:  Earlier versions of StarOffice/StarSuite are no longer
supported and will not be evaluated regarding this issue.

To determine the version of StarOffice/StarSuite installed on a
system, the following command can be executed:

		% grep Product <program-dir>/program/bootstraprc
                ProductKey=StarOffice 9
                ProductPatch=(Product Update 3)

where <program-dir> is the path to the StarOffice/StarSuite installation directory.

The version of StarOffice/StarSutie can also be determined in the GUI using the following steps:

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

3. Symptoms

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

4. Workaround

To workaround the described issues, do not load documents from untrusted sources.

5. Resolution

This issue is addressed in the following releases:

SPARC Platform

• StarOffice 8 with update 14 (patch 120185-19) or later
  
• StarSuite 8 with update 14 (patch 120189-19) or later
• StarOffice 9 with update 3 (patch 142188-01) or later
• StarSuite 9 with update 3 (patch 142189-01) or later

x86 Platform

• StarOffice 8 with update 14 (patch 120186-19) or later
• StarSuite 8 with update 14 (patch 120190-19) or later
• StarOffice 9 with update 3 (patch 142190-01) or later
• StarSuite 9 with update 3 (patch 142191-01) or later

Linux Platform

• StarOffice 8 with update 14 (patch 120184-18) or later
• StarSuite 8 with update 14 (patch 120188-18) or later
• StarOffice 9 with update 3 (patch 142212-01) or later
• StarSuite 9 with update 3 (patch 142213-01) or later

Windows Platform

StarOffice 8 with update 14 (patch 120187-18) or later

StarSuite 8 with update 14 (patch 120191-18) or later

StarSuite 8 Impress Standalone with update 14 for Windows (patch 128021-06) or later

StarOffice 9 (ar) with update 3 (patch 142193-01) or later

StarOffice 9 (en-US) with update 3 (patch 142194-01) or later

StarOffice 9 (de) with update 3 (patch 142195-01) or later

StarOffice 9 (es) with update 3 (patch 142196-01) or later

StarOffice 9 (it) with update 3 (patch 142197-01) or later

StarOffice 9 (fr) with update 3 (patch 142198-01) or later

StarOffice 9 (sv) with update 3 (patch 142199-01) or later

StarOffice 9 (nl) with update 3 (patch 142200-01) or later

StarOffice 9 (hu) with update 3 (patch 142201-01) or later

StarOffice 9 (ru) with update 3 (patch 142202-01) or later

StarOffice 9 (pl) with update 3 (patch 142203-01) or later

StarOffice 9 (pt) with update 3 (patch 142204-01) or later

StarOffice 9 (pt-BR) with update 3 (patch 142205-01) or later

StarOffice 9 (en-US, de, es, it, fr, sv, nl, hu, ru, pl, pt, pt-BR, ar) with update 3 (patch 142206-01) or later

StarSuite 9 (ja) with update 3 (patch 142207-01) or later

StarSuite 9 (ko) with update 3 (patch 142208-01) or later

StarSuite 9 (zh-CN) with update 3 (patch 142209-01) or later

StarSuite 9 (zh-TW) with update 3 (patch 142210-01) or later

StarSuite 9 (en-US, ja, ko, zh-CN, zh-TW) with update 3 (patch 142211-01) or later

Mac OSX x86 Platform

• StarOffice 9 (ar) with update 3 (patch 142214-01) or later
  
• StarOffice 9 (en-US) with update 3 (patch 142215-01) or later
  
• StarOffice 9 (de) with update 3 (patch 142216-01) or later
  
• StarOffice 9 (es) with update 3 (patch 142217-01) or later
  
• StarOffice 9 (it) with update 3 (patch 142218-01) or later
  
• StarOffice 9 (fr) with update 3 (patch 142219-01) or later
  
• StarOffice 9 (sv) with update 3 (patch 142220-01) or later
  
• StarOffice 9 (nl) with update 3 (patch 142221-01) or later
  
• StarOffice 9 (hu) with update 3 (patch 142222-01) or later
  
• StarOffice 9 (ru) with update 3 (patch 142223-01) or later
  
• StarOffice 9 (pl) with update 3 (patch 142224-01) or later
  
• StarOffice 9 (pt) with update 3 (patch 142225-01) or later
  
• StarOffice 9 (pt-BR) with update 3 (patch 142226-01) or later
  
• StarOffice 9 (en-US, de, es, it, fr, sv, nl, hu, ru, pl, pt, pt-BR, ar) with update 3 (patch 142227-01) or later
  
• StarSuite 9 (ja) with update 3 (patch 142228-01) or later
  
• StarSuite 9 (ko) with update 3 (patch 142229-01) or later
  
• StarSuite 9 (zh-CN) with update 3 (patch 142230-01) or later
  
• StarSuite 9 (zh-TW) with update 3 (patch 142231-01) or later
  
• StarSuite 9 (en-US, ja, ko, zh-CN, zh-TW) with update 3 (patch142232-01) or later
  

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