SB2023122832 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Apache OpenOffice

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 4 secuirty vulnerabilities.

1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-47804)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when executing internal macro with arbitrary arguments. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted file, bypass the user approval for opening the links from the document and execute arbitrary script on the system.

2) Insufficient UI Warning of Dangerous Operations (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-5639)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to impact document integrity.

The vulnerability exists due to a missing warning when loading internal and external resources. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file, trick the victim into opening it and impact document integrity, leading to information disclosure.

3) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-43680)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error caused by overeager destruction of a shared DTD in XML_ExternalEntityParserCreate. A remote attacker can trigger a use-after-free error and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

4) External control of file name or path (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-1183)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to write files to an arbitrary location on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation when processing files within hsqldb. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted odb file that contains a "database/script" file with a SCRIPT command and write contents of that file to an arbitrary location on the system.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability can lead to full system compromise.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2023/q4/343
• https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/AOO+4.1.15+Release+Notes
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-5639
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/14/1
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-5639
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5639
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r253f92d0e6511d07a79774002e1d9db1d20b24bff27914a5adb14ccb%40%3Cissues.openoffice.apache.org%3E
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/28/6