OpenOffice bug
Tuesday, September 25, 2007 by Philly0381 | Discussion: Personal Computing
For all the folks that use OpenOffice watch out!
Security experts have discovered vulnerabilities in OpenOffice.org that could allow attackers to remotely execute code on Linux, Windows or Apple Mac-based computers.
From what I've seen OpenOffice updates pretty regularly, I'd be looking for one.
WWW Link
Security experts have discovered vulnerabilities in OpenOffice.org that could allow attackers to remotely execute code on Linux, Windows or Apple Mac-based computers.
From what I've seen OpenOffice updates pretty regularly, I'd be looking for one.
WWW Link
Philly0381
Reply #2 Tuesday, September 25, 2007 1:20 PM
Reply #2 Tuesday, September 25, 2007 1:20 PM
Oops, thanks for doing what I failled to do Hankers, read the whole article. 
Hankers
Reply #3 Tuesday, September 25, 2007 2:14 PM
Reply #3 Tuesday, September 25, 2007 2:14 PM
Nothing wrong with reminding potential OpenOffice users to get the latest update. Thanks for your input, it is greatly appreciated. 
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Reply #1 Tuesday, September 25, 2007 1:03 PM
From the same article: "The next version of OpenOffice (version 2.3) arrived on September 17 and is not affected by the flaw."
Also, this forum post - OpenOffice update