Summary
The host has OpenOffice installed and is prone to denial of service vulnerability.
Impact
Successful remote exploitation could result in arbitrary code execution on the affected system which leads to application crash.
Impact Level: Application
Solution
Upgrade to OpenOffice latest version,
http://www.openoffice.org/
Insight
OpenOffice application could trigger memory corruption due to a maliciously crafted .doc, .wri, or .rtf word 97 files.
Affected
OpenOffice 1.1.2 to 1.1.5 on Linux.
References
Updated on 2017-03-28
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2009-0259 -
CVSS Base Score: 9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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