USN-2899-1: LibreOffice vulnerabilities
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.
References
Source: USN-2899-1: LibreOffice vulnerabilities
