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CVE-2009-3301 CVE-2009-3302

Security Vulnerability in OpenOffice.org related to MS-Word document processing

1. Impact

A security vulnerability in OpenOffice.org, related to Word document processing, may allow a remote unprivileged user to execute arbitrary code on the system with the privileges of a local user running OpenOffice.org, if the local user opens a crafted Word document provided by the remote user.

2. Affected releases

All versions of OpenOffice.org prior to version 3.2

3. Symptoms

There are no predictable symptoms that would indicate this issue has occurred.

4. Relief/Workaround

To workaround the described issue, do not load documents from untrusted sources.

5. Resolution

This issue is addressed in the following release: OpenOffice.org 3.2

6. Comments

OpenOffice.org acknowledges with thanks, Nicolas Joly of VUPEN Vulnerability Research Team.

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