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Why You Should Update Before the Holidays

December

06

by Kaj Kandler

OpenOffice.org has released a bug fix release 2.3.1 for its popular Open Office productivity suite.

If you are using the product you should upgrade, especially if you use and exchange OOo Base database applications. Because up to release 2.3 the internal database application has a security risk that allows an attacker to execute raw Java code within the database. Basically he can do anything with it, from destroying your data to sending a copy to himself over the Internet.

So, do it quick, do it now and update OpenOffice.org to release 2.3.1.

This entry was posted on Thursday, December 6th, 2007 at 8:45 am and is filed under Base, Open Office, Release 2.3. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

2 Responses to “Why You Should Update Before the Holidays”

  1. Music Site Says:
    December 6th, 2007 at 11:44 am

    Thanks, for the update. Is it necessary to upgrade if we are not using the database applications?. It seems there is no new features in this upgrade.

  2. Kaj Kandler Says:
    December 14th, 2007 at 10:33 am

    Yes, I’d recommend to update even if you don’t use Base currently.

    First, this update also fixes a number of other bugs in Impress, Calc, and Writer.

    Second, you are on the safe side, if anybody sends you an OOo Base document and you open it. “Better be safe than sorry” I’d say.

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