CVE-2008-3437 Code injection in n/a

What is CVE-2008-3437?

CVE-2008-3437 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Aug 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-94

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-3437?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Openoffice Openoffice.org.

How do I fix CVE-2008-3437?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-3437 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.

Is CVE-2008-3437 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-3437 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2009-3570 Other in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2010-2935 Integer overflow in n/a Critical 9.3
• CVE-2010-2936 Integer overflow in n/a Critical 9.3
• CVE-2009-3571 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 9.3
• CVE-2009-0200 Integer overflow in n/a Critical 9.3

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-3g32-62rm-7wvw.