Access Restriction Bypass Affecting broffice.org-brand package, versions <1:3.2.1-19.6.el6_0.5


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (24th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-BROFFICEORGBRAND-1420827
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed26 Jan 2011

Introduced: 26 Jan 2011

CVE-2010-3689  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 broffice.org-brand to version 1:3.2.1-19.6.el6_0.5 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2011:0183.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream broffice.org-brand package and not the broffice.org-brand package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

soffice in OpenOffice.org (OOo) 3.x before 3.3 places a zero-length directory name in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse shared library in the current working directory.

CVSS Scores

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