Re: CVE-2015-1774: OpenOffice HWP Filter Remote Execution and DoS Vulnerability

2015-06-14 Thread Gunter Stadie
Dear Mr. Duerr, I recognized today, that the latest version of OpenOffice is 4.1.1. Therefore I do not understand your message. Best regards Gunter Stadie Am 25.04.2015 um 21:13 schrieb Herbert Duerr: CVE-2015-1774 OpenOffice HWP Filter Remote Code Execution and Denial of Service

Re: CVE-2015-1774: OpenOffice HWP Filter Remote Execution and DoS Vulnerability

2015-05-17 Thread dianne Avery
And another Sent from my iPad On Apr 25, 2015, at 1:11 PM, Herbert Duerr h...@apache.org wrote: CVE-2015-1774 OpenOffice HWP Filter Remote Code Execution and Denial of Service Vulnerability A vulnerability in OpenOffice's HWP filter allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory

Re: CVE-2015-1774: OpenOffice HWP Filter Remote Execution and DoS Vulnerability

2015-04-30 Thread Jürgen Schmidt
On 29/04/15 21:53, Marcus wrote: Am 04/29/2015 05:39 PM, schrieb jan i: On 29 April 2015 at 15:07, Simon Phippssi...@webmink.com wrote: On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 2:00 PM, Andrea Pescettipesce...@apache.org wrote: Simon Phipps wrote: Given this problem is not fixed in the current download,

Re: CVE-2015-1774: OpenOffice HWP Filter Remote Execution and DoS Vulnerability

2015-04-29 Thread Simon Phipps
Given this problem is not fixed in the current download, should the project suspend downloads until it can be addressed? Few of the people downloading the package will be aware of this CVE or of the necessary mitigation post-install. S. On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 8:13 PM, Herbert Duerr

Re: CVE-2015-1774: OpenOffice HWP Filter Remote Execution and DoS Vulnerability

2015-04-29 Thread Simon Phipps
On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 2:00 PM, Andrea Pescetti pesce...@apache.org wrote: Simon Phipps wrote: Given this problem is not fixed in the current download, should the project suspend downloads until it can be addressed? This looks like a very extreme measure to take. The severity of the

Re: CVE-2015-1774: OpenOffice HWP Filter Remote Execution and DoS Vulnerability

2015-04-29 Thread Andrea Pescetti
Simon Phipps wrote: Given this problem is not fixed in the current download, should the project suspend downloads until it can be addressed? This looks like a very extreme measure to take. The severity of the issue would not justify it. As far as I know, there are no known exploits and we

Re: CVE-2015-1774: OpenOffice HWP Filter Remote Execution and DoS Vulnerability

2015-04-29 Thread jan i
On 29 April 2015 at 15:07, Simon Phipps si...@webmink.com wrote: On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 2:00 PM, Andrea Pescetti pesce...@apache.org wrote: Simon Phipps wrote: Given this problem is not fixed in the current download, should the project suspend downloads until it can be addressed?

Re: CVE-2015-1774: OpenOffice HWP Filter Remote Execution and DoS Vulnerability

2015-04-29 Thread Marcus
Am 04/29/2015 05:39 PM, schrieb jan i: On 29 April 2015 at 15:07, Simon Phippssi...@webmink.com wrote: On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 2:00 PM, Andrea Pescettipesce...@apache.org wrote: Simon Phipps wrote: Given this problem is not fixed in the current download, should the project suspend

Re: CVE-2015-1774: OpenOffice HWP Filter Remote Execution and DoS Vulnerability

2015-04-29 Thread jonathon
On 29/04/15 13:00, Andrea Pescetti wrote: issue would not justify it. As far as I know, there are no known exploits and we are talking about a file format that is obsolete by all Is this vulnerability exploited only by opening a file in HWP format, or can it be exploited by any file? jonathon

RE: CVE-2015-1774: OpenOffice HWP Filter Remote Execution and DoS Vulnerability

2015-04-27 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
-2015-1774: OpenOffice HWP Filter Remote Execution and DoS Vulnerability On 25/04/2015 Herbert Duerr wrote: CVE-2015-1774 OpenOffice HWP Filter Remote Code Execution and Denial of Service [ ... ] Note that the CVE link http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2015-1774 still lists

CVE-2015-1774: OpenOffice HWP Filter Remote Execution and DoS Vulnerability

2015-04-25 Thread Herbert Duerr
CVE-2015-1774 OpenOffice HWP Filter Remote Code Execution and Denial of Service Vulnerability A vulnerability in OpenOffice's HWP filter allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execution of arbitrary code by preparing specially crafted