USN-3210-1: LibreOffice vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 12.04

Packages

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2017-3157