Apache OpenOffice Portable 4.1.2 Patch 1 (complete office suite) Released

John T. Haller's picture
Submitted by John T. Haller on September 4, 2016 - 11:45am

PortableApps.com is proud to announce the release of Apache OpenOffice™ Portable 4.1.2 Patch 1. Apache OpenOffice Portable is a full-featured office suite including a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation tool, drawing package and database. This release fixes a critical security vulnerability in OpenOffice itself: CVE-2016-1513 (see below for details). It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Platform. And it's open source and completely free.

Update automatically or install from the portable app store in the PortableApps.com Platform.

Apache OpenOffice™ Portable is a third-party package of Apache OpenOffice. The usage of the trademark for "Apache OpenOffice Portable" package was approved by the Apache OpenOffice PMC; the name "Apache OpenOffice Portable" was chosen for compatibility with the PortableApps.com platform. Apache, the Apache feather logo, and OpenOffice are trademarks of The Apache Software Foundation. OpenOffice.org and the seagull logo are registered trademarks of The Apache Software Foundation.

Security Vulnerability and Patch

This release of Apache OpenOffice Portable fixes a critical security vulnerability, CVE-2016-1513, found within Apache OpenOffice 4.1.2. This critical issue has not been addressed in a full release of Apache OpenOffice, only as a patch that users are required to manually apply by extracting files from a ZIP and then manually running a BAT file. As this would be confusing for most end users, PortableApps.com has taken the initiative to produce a package of Apache OpenOffice Portable with the security vulnerability patched to ensure our users are not affected.

PortableApps.com Platform users will automatically receive a small under 1MB patch update to their existing Apache OpenOffice Portable install. Users of the app that do not use our platform can opt to download the full version or the small patch file via a link below the download buttons (just be sure you're already using Apache OpenOffice Portable 4.1.2 as the platform won't do it for you). Users of the local version should follow the manual instructions included in the Hotfix for CVE-2016-1513 page.

Features

ScreenshotApache OpenOffice Portable is a full-featured office suite that's compatible with Microsoft Office, Word Perfect, Lotus and other office applications. It's easy-to-use and feature-rich, performing nearly all of the functions you'd expect in an office suite, but at no cost. Learn more about Apache OpenOffice...

PortableApps.com Installer / PortableApps.com Format

Apache OpenOffice Portable is packaged in a PortableApps.com Installer so it will automatically detect an existing PortableApps.com installation when your drive is plugged in. It supports upgrades by installing right over an existing copy, preserving all settings. And it's in PortableApps.com Format, so it automatically works with the PortableApps.com Platform including the Menu and Backup Utility.

Download

Apache OpenOffice Portable is available for immediate download from the Apache OpenOffice Portable homepage. Get it today!

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Gord Caswell's picture

While trying to update using the updater's patch file, I get the "not valid" error. I suspect this is due to a typing error in the updater entry, however I can't confirm ATM.

[EDIT] I note there's been a few people getting similar errors, so I don't think it's just me. (I'm updating in a corporate environment.)

Gord Caswell's picture

It loos like there's an error in update.ini.

The updater is trying for MD5 of: 831653952341794272529927fc8d620a which appears to be the MD5 of the Multilingual Standard download, instead of the MD5 for the patch only file which is: 761ebe756db2d7cda3bd26283dd20d61

John T. Haller's picture

The app database had the wrong MD5 for the 1MB patch file. It's been fixed. Sorry for the inconvenience.

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