1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-2400-1

USN-2400-1: LibreOffice vulnerability

Publication date

10 November 2014

Overview

LibreOffice could be made to embed sensitive information into documents.

Releases

Packages

Details

It was discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly handled OLE preview
generation. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted document, an
attacker could possibly exploit this to embed arbitrary data into
documents.

It was discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly handled OLE preview
generation. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted document, an
attacker could possibly exploit this to embed arbitrary data into
documents.

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 –  1:3.5.7-0ubuntu7

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