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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2578-1
April 27, 2015
libreoffice vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
– Ubuntu 14.10
– 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:
Alexander Cherepanov discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly handled
certain RTF files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted
RTF document, a remote attacker could cause LibreOffice to crash, and
possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2014-9093)
It was discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly handled certain HWP files.
If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted HWP document, a
remote attacker could cause LibreOffice to crash, and possibly execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-1774)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 14.10:
libreoffice-core 1:4.3.7~rc2-0ubuntu1
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libreoffice-core 1:4.2.8-0ubuntu2
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
libreoffice-core 1:3.5.7-0ubuntu8
After a standard system update you need to restart LibreOffice to make all
the necessary changes.
References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2578-1
CVE-2014-9093, CVE-2015-1774
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/1:4.3.7~rc2-0ubuntu1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/1:4.2.8-0ubuntu2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/1:3.5.7-0ubuntu8
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