<http://www.theregister.com/2007/01/08/openoffice_bugs/>
The security bugs stem from flaws in the image processing components of the packages involved in handling common graphic formats, WMF and EMF, as explained here. As a result users who open malformed documents using vulnerable versions of the software are liable to become infected. These heap-based buffer overflow flaws were discovered by security researcher John Heasman of NGSSoftware, the UK-based security software tools developer. OpenOffice users are advised to upgrade to versions 2.1.0 respectively to guard against possible exploit. Users of StarOffice version 6,7 and 8 need to apply relevant patches from the SunSolve website as explained here. ® _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
