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OpenOffice DOC document Heap Overflow




OpenOffice DOC document Heap Overflow
[Security Advisory]

Advisory:[AD_LAB-05001] OpenOffice DOC document Heap Overflow
Class: Design Error
DATE:30/3/2005
CVEID:CAN-2005-0941
Vulnerable:
    <=OpenOffice OpenOffice 1.1.4
    -OpenOffice OpenOffice 2.0dev
    
Unvulnerable:
        Unknow
Vendor:
        www.openoffice.org

I.DESCRIPTION: 
-------------
        OpenOffice.org is an office productivity suite, including word
processing, spreadsheets, presentations, drawings, data charting,
formula editing, and file conversion facilities.
The vulnerability is caused due to a  error within the .Doc document header 
processing.This can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow. 

II.DETAILS:
----------
        There is a vulnerability in  StgCompObjStream::Load() function,
When reading DOC document information of format,memory is allocated by DOC 
provide length. 
DOC provided a 32 bits integer,and will use the low 16 bits of this number to 
allocate memory,
but when reading doc information,still use the 32 bits number as length,this 
maybe cause heap
overflow, and when free happened ,will cause write pointer,maybe cause 
arbitrary code excute .

BOOL StgCompObjStream::Load()
{
        memset( &aClsId, 0, sizeof( ClsId ) );
        nCbFormat = 0;
        aUserName.Erase();
        if( GetError() != SVSTREAM_OK )
                return FALSE;
        Seek( 8L );             
        INT32 nMarker = 0;
        *this >> nMarker;
        if( nMarker == -1L )
        {
                *this >> aClsId;
                INT32 nLen1 = 0;
                *this >> nLen1; // we can control this 32 bits int
                sal_Char* p = new sal_Char[ (USHORT) nLen1 ]; //use low 16 bits 
value to allocate memory 
                if( Read( p, nLen1 ) == (ULONG) nLen1 )  //still use 32 bits 
int as length,if failed,
                                                        // will goto free 
step,maybe cause write pointer.
                {
                        aUserName = String( p, gsl_getSystemTextEncoding() );
                        ....
                        nCbFormat = ReadClipboardFormat( *this );
                }
                else
                        SetError( SVSTREAM_GENERALERROR );
        delete [] p; //free step,heap overflow cause write pointer.
        }
        return BOOL( GetError() == SVSTREAM_OK );
}
example:
        if we provide 0x10000018 to nLen1,will allocate 0x18 length memory,
 Read( p, nLen1 ) still use 0x10000018 as length,then, read will fail,
 but readed length is bigger than allocated memory,and overwrite the next chunk.
when goto delete [] p;,write pointer happened. we had triggered this problem 
successful.
        StartOffice maybe affected too. did not test.
        

III.CREDIT: 
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    AD-LAB discovery this vuln:)
Vulnerability analysis and advisory by A1rsupp1y.
Special thanks to xalan's  discussion.
Thank to Sam,icbm,liangbin and all Venustech AD-Lab guys:P.



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