[SA23600] StarOffice WMF/EMF Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

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TITLE:
StarOffice WMF/EMF Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA23600

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23600/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
StarOffice / StarSuite 8.x
http://secunia.com/product/10337/
StarOffice / StarSuite 7.x
http://secunia.com/product/3062/
StarOffice 6.x
http://secunia.com/product/2089/

DESCRIPTION:
John Heasman has reported some vulnerabilities in StarOffice, which
can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

For more information:
SA23612

The vulnerabilities are reported in StarOffice versions 6, 7 and 8.
Other versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Apply patches:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/show.pl?target=patches/xprod-StarOffice

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
John Heasman, NGSSoftware

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.ngssoftware.com/advisories/high-risk-vulnerabilities-in-the-staroffice-suite/

OTHER REFERENCES:
VulnWatch:
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2007-q1/0002.html

SA23612:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23612

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