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Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 09:33:51 +0100
From: Florian Weimer <fweimer@...hat.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
CC: Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@...thhorseman.net>,
Kurt Seifried <kseifried@...hat.com>, Timo Warns <Warns@...-Sense.DE>
Subject: Re: Remote file inclusion by office applications
On 12/13/2012 07:53 PM, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote:
> For local file inclusion, libreoffice at leasts prompts me with:
>
> -----------
> This document contains one or more links to external data.
>
> Would you like to change the document, and update all links to get the
> most recent data?
>
> [Yes] [No]
> -----------
>
> but it doesn't tell me what those documents are.
This is based on a similar Microsoft Office prompt and implements
required functionality (for different use cases involving linked
documents). It is not a security prompt by any means, and it predates
macro security prompts by several years.
(I'm pretty sure Microsoft Office supports external documents with UNC
names, FWIW.)
--
Florian Weimer / Red Hat Product Security Team
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