Check Point Advisories

OpenOffice RTF File Parsing Heap Buffer Overflow (CVE-2007-0245)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2007-285
Date Published:	3 Aug 2010
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Sunday 14 February, 2016
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2007-0245
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the OpenOffice software suite. The vulnerability is due to the way OpenOffice parses specially crafted Rich Text Format (RTF) documents. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by persuading a user to open a specially crafted RTF file, potentially causing arbitrary code to be injected and executed in the security context of the logged in user. An attack targeting this vulnerability can result in the injection and execution of code. If code execution is successful, the behavior of the target will depend on the intention of the attacker. Any code injected will be executed within the security context of the currently logged in user. In attack case where code execution is unsuccessful, affected product will terminate resulting in the loss of any unsaved data from the current session.

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 RTF File Parsing Heap Buffer 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 RTF file parsing heap buffer overflow