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Security Patch for OpenOffice

Posted by Zonk on from the keep-the-uninvited-guests-out dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Linuxlookup.com is reporting all users of OpenOffice.org 1.1.4 are urged to download and install this security patch. It addresses a problem noted in a recent advisory. That advisory states that there is a security risk in all circulating releases of OpenOffice.org. This patch fixes the problem in 1.1.4 but not in earlier or subsequent releases."

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  1. Can someone explain, please... by Jane+Hackworth · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I think I understand the general concept of a buffer overflow, but how does would the malicious input get into my OpenOffice in the first place? I'm using 1.1.0 and I don't want to upgrade to 1.1.4 just so I can patch it. *sulk*