NoOp wrote:
On 02/13/2008 07:20 AM, David B Teague wrote:
Dan wrote:
On Wednesday 13 February 2008 06:43:21 David B Teague wrote:
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If you recommend a later version, where do I find it?
Maybe the first thing you should do is to contact Secunia PCI to find out why they consider OpenOffice.org "insecure".
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<SNIP> Now [Secunia PCI] calls OO.o 2.3.1 ... secure "Patched"
Secunia's own status page on OOo:

http://secunia.com/product/6157/?task=advisories_2008
<quote>
Secunia has issued a total of 0 Secunia advisories in 2008 for
OpenOffice.org 2.x. Currently, 0% (0 out of 0) are marked as Unpatched.
</quote>

If you look at their 2007 page:
http://secunia.com/product/6157/?task=advisories_2007
All are fixed, however they show one partially fixed:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24588/
Perhaps that is what they are triggering on. But even there they are
unclear:
<quote>
This affects 2.x versions prior to 2.2 only.
 .
 .
 .
Solution:
Update to version 2.2 or apply patches.
</quote>

You can view OOo security bulletins here:

http://www.openoffice.org/security/bulletin.html
Many thanks these useful links and your summary. I should have looked both at the Secunia and at the OO.o web pages to see what they said before posting. Again, thanks to all who replied.

Warmest Regards
David Teague
Double Bass in Fifths Tuning.


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