USN-4138-1: LibreOffice vulnerability
USN-4138-1: LibreOffice vulnerability libreoffice vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 19.04 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary LibreOffice could be made to 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 embedded scripts in document files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted document, a remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 19.04 libreoffice-core – 1:6.2.7-0ubuntu0.19.04.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS libreoffice-core – 1:6.0.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.10 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS libreoffice-core – 1:5.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu1~xenial10 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. References [ more… ]