OpenOffice.org releases "highly critical" WMF vulnerability patch


	OpenOffice.org releases "highly critical" WMF vulnerability patch

l1wulf

1-5-2007 1:41 PM

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l1wulf says:

Vital patch for all but version 2.1 of OpenOffice.

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