USN-3210-1: LibreOffice vulnerability
23 February 2017
LibreOffice vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary
LibreOffice could be made to disclose files if it opened a specially crafted file.
Software Description
- libreoffice - Office productivity suite
Details
Ben Hayak discovered that it was possible to make LibreOffice Calc and Writer disclose arbitrary files to an attacker if a user opened a specially crafted file with embedded links.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- libreoffice - 1:5.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu1~xenial1
- libreoffice-base - 1:5.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu1~xenial1
- libreoffice-base-core - 1:5.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu1~xenial1
- libreoffice-calc - 1:5.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu1~xenial1
- libreoffice-common - 1:5.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu1~xenial1
- libreoffice-core - 1:5.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu1~xenial1
- libreoffice-math - 1:5.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu1~xenial1
- libreoffice-writer - 1:5.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu1~xenial1
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- libreoffice - 1:4.2.8-0ubuntu5
- libreoffice-base - 1:4.2.8-0ubuntu5
- libreoffice-base-core - 1:4.2.8-0ubuntu5
- libreoffice-calc - 1:4.2.8-0ubuntu5
- libreoffice-common - 1:4.2.8-0ubuntu5
- libreoffice-core - 1:4.2.8-0ubuntu5
- libreoffice-math - 1:4.2.8-0ubuntu5
- libreoffice-writer - 1:4.2.8-0ubuntu5
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- libreoffice - 1:3.5.7-0ubuntu13
- libreoffice-base - 1:3.5.7-0ubuntu13
- libreoffice-base-core - 1:3.5.7-0ubuntu13
- libreoffice-calc - 1:3.5.7-0ubuntu13
- libreoffice-common - 1:3.5.7-0ubuntu13
- libreoffice-core - 1:3.5.7-0ubuntu13
- libreoffice-math - 1:3.5.7-0ubuntu13
- libreoffice-writer - 1:3.5.7-0ubuntu13
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.