[security-alerts] CVE-2009-2949: Security Vulnerability in OpenOffice.org related to XPM file processing

CVE-2009-2949: Security Vulnerability in OpenOffice.org related to XPM 
file processing

	* Synopsis: Security Vulnerability in OpenOffice.org related to XPM 
file processing may lead to arbitrary code execution

	* State: Resolved

1. Impact

A security vulnerability in OpenOffice.org, related to XPM file 
processing, may allow a remote unprivileged user to execute arbitrary 
code on the system with the privileges of a local user running 
OpenOffice.org, if the local user opens a crafted XPM file provided by 
the remote user. XPM files can also be embedded in different kind of 
documents, including documents in the OpenDocument Format (ODF), the 
default format used by OpenOffice.org.

2. Affected releases

All versions of OpenOffice.org prior to version 3.2

3. Symptoms

There are no predictable symptoms that would indicate this issue has 
occurred.

4. Relief/Workaround

To workaround the described issue, do not load documents from untrusted