OpenOffice.org: Temporary files disclosure

Background

OpenOffice.org is an office productivity suite, including word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, drawings, data charting, formula editing, and file conversion facilities.

Description

On start-up, OpenOffice.org 1.1.2 creates a temporary directory with insecure permissions. When a document is saved, a compressed copy of it can be found in that directory.

Impact

A malicious local user could obtain the temporary files and thus read documents belonging to other users.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All affected OpenOffice.org users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge sync

 # emerge -pv ">=app-office/openoffice-1.1.3"
 # emerge ">=app-office/openoffice-1.1.3"

All affected OpenOffice.org binary users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge sync

 # emerge -pv ">=app-office/openoffice-bin-1.1.3"
 # emerge ">=app-office/openoffice-bin-1.1.3"

All affected OpenOffice.org Ximian users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge sync

 # emerge -pv ">=app-office/openoffice-ximian-1.3.4"
 # emerge ">=app-office/openoffice-1.3.4"