It occurs to me that this should also be published on the announce list.
----- Original Message ----- > From: Rob Weir <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Cc: > Sent: Friday, 23 March 2012 12:16 AM > Subject: CVE-2012-0037: OpenOffice.org data leakage vulnerability > > Please note, this is the official security bulletin, targeted for > security professionals. If you are an OpenOffice.org 3.3 user, and > are able to apply the mentioned patch, then you are encouraged to do > so. If someone else supports or manages your desktop, then please > forward this information to them. > > Additional support is available on our Community Forums: > > http://user.services.openoffice.org/ > > And via our ooo-users mailing list: > > http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/mailing-lists.html#users-mailing-list > > Note: This security patch for OpenOffice.org is made available to > legacy OpenOffice.org users as a service by the Apache OpenOffice > Project Management Committee. The patch is made available under the > Apache License, and due to its importance, we are releasing it outside > of the standard release cycle. > > -Rob > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA512 > > CVE-2012-0037: OpenOffice.org data leakage vulnerability > > Severity: Important > > Vendor: The Apache Software Foundation > > Versions Affected: OpenOffice.org 3.3 and 3.4 Beta, on all platforms. > Earlier versions may be also affected. > > Description: An XML External Entity (XXE) attack is possible in the > above versions of OpenOffice.org. This vulnerability exploits the way > in > which external entities are processed in certain XML components of ODF > documents. By crafting an external entity to refer to other local > file system > resources, an attacker would be able to inject contents of other > locally- accessible files into the ODF document, without the user's > knowledge or permission. Data leakage then becomes possible when that > document is later distributed to other parties. > > Mitigation: OpenOffice.org 3.3.0 and 3.4 beta users should install the > patch at: http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2012-0037.html > > This vulnerability is also fixed in Apache OpenOffice 3.4 dev > snapshots since March 1st, 2012. > > Source and Building: Information on obtaining the source code for this > patch, and for porting it or adapting it to OpenOffice.org derivatives > can be found here: > http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2012-0037-src.txt > > Credit: The Apache OpenOffice project acknowledges and thanks the > discoverer of this issue, Timothy D. Morgan of Virtual Security > Research, LLC. > > References: http://security.openoffice.org > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) > > iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJPayGmAAoJEGFAoYdHzLzHJVcP/jXzY+ROwPTAaSItCc4GAn2q > Gm3uL9D9aRrs/pp+sofRkF9L3nyWEyyVfvZv6+IBrqOU/2Tu1CD8cY6Kns1ZYxVO > ZRDiR5hhr3pA6KfWlb9W9it/8JsTF7WZfTX0uRMPXCYlJuYQ38Nl7kloPYswXG2w > By2J19VanlHuwLQJoNV08652HBDy2Xpa6Wk7N5NoyETILOS47QTgizjAYZ2AY0GE > ykBFu9A9yblLM5zftuMT/4FxkHQ8Qx5I3NmV3V8cUgJlmbc2oscsC23iIPcoulJF > GSn8tub/e47xzgpJy69NoHgzmb6Ou+J3BDXr0kmH008P6FaTpTgPTltZ8Fcua+T2 > JSWjzW5IBOW/20J9RN+5lkDJQTY5FiqqpjV7H6bZV3+MVx3Fk/ih1uJPr2cVZqaT > pDU5xtn79py7MNsmpjnzD7mPbdiA2OfStzFpqUM60HOki7RgGpozvUPEvA0uIss9 > X/jP1KixPDdbGS2fMrM7KG9mnT8BOzwow0Vti7alP2x2BkTXZm2K/qflXJDFCxTn > g23OJIxlnhC8cK4etyezWNMSya4LLMgz6ZO+TEdvCSaaF6b3t6seskgnFAMcdPHY > bkfzzYnACtrvQAmRQ1Nn4i1yFGAY+cTE7sUO2NcFhHn6jXaiZFEatdh4XJEEcTXl > OZE/3v6XnehMD/32kipa > =/qce > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
