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USN-949-1: OpenOffice.org vulnerability

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USN-949-1: OpenOffice.org vulnerability

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
06/09/2010
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/06/2013
Modified
07/09/2020

Description

OpenOffice.org 2.x and 3.0 before 3.2.1 allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass Python macro security restrictions and execute arbitrary Python code via a crafted OpenDocument Text (ODT) file that triggers code execution when the macro directory structure is previewed.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-openoffice-org-base-core

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