CVE-2007-0239

URL Handling Security Vulnerability (Linux/Solaris)

• Synopsis: The OpenOffice.org URL handler could allow command execution using shell metacharacters in Linux and Solaris.
• State: Resolved for Linux.

1. Impact

If a user running OpenOffice.org from a shell terminal in Linux or Solaris opens an untrusted URL, malicious code could be arbitrarily executed on the user's computer.

This issue is also described in
CVE-2007-0239, http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-239
Issue ID#: 58013, 72543

2. Affected releases

All 2.x versions prior to OpenOffice.org 2.2 for Linux and Solaris

All 1.x versions for Linux and Solaris.

3. Symptoms

There are no predictable symptoms that would indicate the described issue has been exploited.

4. Relief/Workaround

There is no workaround. See "Resolution" below.

5. Resolution

This issue is addressed in the following releases:

OpenOffice.org 1.5 Patch, OpenOffice.org 2.2 for Linux (affected system)

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