USN-4102-1: 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
It was 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-2019-9850,
CVE-2019-9851)
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.
(CVE-2019-9852)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 19.04
- libreoffice-core – 1:6.2.6-0ubuntu0.19.04.1
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- libreoffice-core – 1:6.0.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.9
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- libreoffice-core – 1:5.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu1~xenial9
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-4102-1: LibreOffice vulnerabilities
