CVE-2013-2189: OpenOffice DOC Memory Corruption Vulnerability

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CVE-2013-2189
OpenOffice DOC Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Severity: Important
Vendor: The Apache Software Foundation

Versions Affected:
Apache OpenOffice 3.4.0 to 3.4.1 on all platforms.
Predecessor versions of OpenOffice.org may be also affected.

Description:

 The vulnerability is caused by operating on invalid PLCF (Plex of

Character Positions in File) data when parsing a malformed DOC document
file. Specially crafted documents can be used for denial-of-service
attacks. Further exploits are possible but have not been verified.

Mitigation:

 Apache OpenOffice 3.4 users are advised to upgrade to Apache

OpenOffice 4.0. Users who are unable to upgrade immediately should be
cautious when opening untrusted documents.

Credits:

 The Apache OpenOffice Security Team credits Jeremy Brown of

Microsoft Vulnerability Research as the discoverer of this flaw.

Herbert Durr
Member of the Apache OpenOffice Security Team
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