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Bug#494100: openoffice.org: CVE-2008-3437 does not properly check authenticity of updates



Package: openoffice.org
Severity: grave
Tags: security

Hi,
the following CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id was
published for openoffice.org.

CVE-2008-3437[0]:
| OpenOffice.org (OOo) before 2.1.0 does not properly verify the
| authenticity of updates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to
| execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse update, as demonstrated by
| evilgrade and DNS cache poisoning.

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3437
    http://security-tracker.debian.net/tracker/CVE-2008-3437

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