CVE-2008-3437

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.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:openoffice:openoffice.org:1.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openoffice:openoffice.org:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openoffice:openoffice.org:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openoffice:openoffice.org:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openoffice:openoffice.org:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

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Information

Published : 2008-08-01 14:41

Updated : 2023-12-10 10:51


NVD link : CVE-2008-3437

Mitre link : CVE-2008-3437

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2008-3437


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Products Affected

openoffice

  • openoffice.org
CWE
CWE-94

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')