USN-4063-1: LibreOffice vulnerabilities
libreoffice vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 19.04
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Summary
Several security issues were fixed in LibreOffice.
Software Description
- libreoffice – Office productivity suite
Details
Nils Emmerich discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly handled LibreLogo
scripts. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted document,
a remote attacker could cause LibreOffice to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2019-9848)
Matei "Mal" Badanoiu discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly handled
stealth mode. Contrary to expectations, bullet graphics could be retrieved
from remote locations when running in stealth mode. (CVE-2019-9849)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 19.04
- libreoffice-core – 1:6.2.5-0ubuntu0.19.04.1
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- libreoffice-core – 1:6.0.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.8
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- libreoffice-core – 1:5.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu1~xenial8
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.
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