1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-1536-1

USN-1536-1: LibreOffice vulnerability

Publication date

13 August 2012

Overview

LibreOffice could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.

Releases

Packages

Details

It was discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly handled certain encryption
tags in Open Document Text (.odt) files. If a user were tricked into
opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could cause LibreOffice to
crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user
invoking the program.

It was discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly handled certain encryption
tags in Open Document Text (.odt) files. If a user were tricked into
opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could cause LibreOffice to
crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user
invoking the program.

Update instructions

After a standard system update you need to restart LibreOffice to make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
12.04 precise libreoffice-core –  1:3.5.4-0ubuntu1.1
11.10 oneiric libreoffice-core –  1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1.4
11.04 natty libreoffice-core –  1:3.3.4-0ubuntu1.4

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