CVE-2021-41832 (GCVE-0-2021-41832)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-10-11 08:10 – Updated: 2024-08-04 03:22
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Content Manipulation with Certificate Validation Attack
Summary
It is possible for an attacker to manipulate documents to appear to be signed by a trusted source. All versions of Apache OpenOffice up to 4.1.10 are affected. Users are advised to update to version 4.1.11. See CVE-2021-25635 for the LibreOffice advisory.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- CWE-347 - Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd3214a568b4… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfbc93cd7cea… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache Software Foundation | Apache OpenOffice |
Affected:
Apache OpenOffice , ≤ 4.1.10
(custom)
Affected: OpenOffice.org , ≤ 3.4 (custom) |
guessed |
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