๐ USN-2899-1: LibreOffice vulnerabilities
๐ก Newskategorie: Unix Server
๐ Quelle: ubuntu.com
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2899-1
16th February, 2016
libreoffice vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 15.10
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary
LibreOffice could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.
Software description
- libreoffice - Office productivity suite
Details
It was discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly handled LWP document files.
If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted LWP document, 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 15.10:
- libreoffice-core 1:5.0.5~rc2-0ubuntu2
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
- libreoffice-core 1:4.2.8-0ubuntu4
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
- libreoffice-core 1:3.5.7-0ubuntu10
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system update you need to restart LibreOffice to make all
the necessary changes.