Check Point Advisories

OpenOffice Word Document Table Parsing Heap Overflow (CVE-2009-0201)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2009-471
Date Published:	14 Apr 2010
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Wednesday 14 April, 2010
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2009-0201
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	OpenOffice.org is an open source office suite. The suite includes a word processor, a spreadsheet application, a presentation creator, an illustration drawer, a desktop database, and an equation editor. The product is made available for multiple platforms and languages. A heap overflow vulnerability has been reported in OpenOffice that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on the target system. The vulnerability is due to a boundary error when parsing certain records. Remote attackers can exploit this vulnerability by enticing a target user to open a malicious Word document. In the case of successful code injection and execution, the behavior of the target is dependent on the intention of the malicious code. The injected code will be executed with the privileges of the current user. In a case where code injection is not successful, the affected application may terminate abnormally causing a denial of service condition.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the OpenOffice Word Document Table Parsing Heap Overflow protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Content Protection Violation.
Attack Information: OpenOffice Word document table parsing heap overflow