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HistoryOct 01, 2008 - 12:00 a.m.

OpenOffice rtl_allocateMemory Heap Based BOF Vulnerability (Linux)

2008-10-0100:00:00
Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone Networks GmbH
plugins.openvas.org
11

0.087 Low

EPSS

Percentile

93.9%

The host has OpenOffice installed which is prone to heap based
buffer overflow vulnerability.

###############################################################################
# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: gb_openoffice_rtl_allocatememory_bof_vuln_lin.nasl 7522 2017-10-20 08:19:44Z cfischer $
#
# OpenOffice rtl_allocateMemory Heap Based BOF Vulnerability (Linux)
#
# Authors:      Chandan S <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2008 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
# (or any later version), as published by the Free Software Foundation.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
###############################################################################

tag_impact = "Exploitation will result in buffer overflows via a specially crafted document
  and allow remote unprivileged user who provides a OpenOffice.org document that
  is opened by a local user to execute arbitrary commands on the system with the
  privileges of the user running OpenOffice.org.

  Impact Level : System";

tag_solution = "Upgrade to OpenOffice 2.4.1
  http://download.openoffice.org/index.html";

tag_summary = "The host has OpenOffice installed which is prone to heap based
  buffer overflow vulnerability.";

tag_affected = "OpenOffice.org 2.x on Linux (Any).";
tag_insight = "The flaw is in alloc_global.c file in which rtl_allocateMemory function
  rounding up allocation requests to be aligned on a 8 byte boundary without
  checking the rounding results in an integer overflow condition.";

if(description)
{
  script_id(800010);
  script_version("$Revision: 7522 $");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-10-20 10:19:44 +0200 (Fri, 20 Oct 2017) $");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-10-01 17:01:16 +0200 (Wed, 01 Oct 2008)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"9.3");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2008-2152");
  script_bugtraq_id(29622);
  script_xref(name:"CB-A", value:"08-0095");
  script_name("OpenOffice rtl_allocateMemory Heap Based BOF Vulnerability (Linux)");
  script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://secunia.com/advisories/30599");
  script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2008-2152.html");
  script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=714");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
  script_family("Buffer overflow");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/rpms", "ssh/login/release");
  script_tag(name : "affected" , value : tag_affected);
  script_tag(name : "insight" , value : tag_insight);
  script_tag(name : "summary" , value : tag_summary);
  script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
  script_tag(name : "impact" , value : tag_impact);
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  exit(0);
}

release = get_kb_item("ssh/login/release");
foreach item (get_kb_list("ssh/login/rpms"))
{
  # Exit if advisory based local check is available as they perform complete
  # rpm package comparison.
  # FixMe: Advisory local check is yet to be released for Fedora
  if((release =~ "FC(7|8|9)") && (item =~ "(O|o)pen(O|o)ffice.*")){
    report = string("Fedora advisory based local check is available to " +
                    "verify if the package is\nup-to-date as per the vendor " +
                    "advisory.\nPlease run the Fedora Local Checks to confirm.");
    log_message(data:report);
    exit(0);
  }

  if(egrep(pattern:"^(O|o)pen(O|o)ffice.*?~([01]\..*|2\.([0-3][^0-9]" +
                   "|4(\.0)?[^.0-9]))", string:item))
  {
     security_message(0);
     exit(0);
  }
}