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Openoffice.org security and bug fix update |
| 01-31-2011 |
Updated openoffice.org packages that fix multiple security issues and one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.
OpenOffice.org is an office productivity suite that includes desktop applications, such as a word processor, spreadsheet application, presentation manager, formula editor, and a drawing program.
An array index error and an integer signedness error were found in the way OpenOffice.org parsed certain Rich Text Format (RTF) files. An attacker could use these flaws to create a specially-crafted RTF file that, when opened, would cause OpenOffice.org to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running OpenOffice.org.
Before installing an update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to the system have been applied.
Applications -> System Tools -> Software Updater, or from the command line via the following command:
# pup
For a command line interface, use the following command to update the operating system:
# yum update |
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