USN-3273-1: LibreOffice vulnerabilities

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3273-1

2nd May, 2017

libreoffice vulnerabilities

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:

• Ubuntu 16.10



• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS



• Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary

LibreOffice could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it
opened a specially crafted EMF file.

Software description

• libreoffice
  - Office productivity suite
  
  

Details

It was discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly handled EMF image files.
If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted EMF image file, a
remote attacker could cause LibreOffice to crash, and possibly execute
arbitrary code.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:

Ubuntu 16.10:

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:

To update your system, please follow these instructions:
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CVE-2017-7870