CVE-2008-3437

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2008-3437 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of OpenOffice.org as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5. The updated Red Hat Enterprise Linux packages are not distributed via the openoffice.org update service, but rather via Red Hat Network, using the package manager capabilities to verify authenticity of updates.

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