Executive Summary

Summary
Title LibreOffice vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-2398-1 First vendor Publication 2014-11-05
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2014-11-05
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 7.5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 14.10 - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

LibreOffice could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Software Description: - libreoffice: Office productivity suite

Details:

It was discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly handled the Impress remote control port. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Impress to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 14.10:
libreoffice-core 1:4.3.3-0ubuntu1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libreoffice-core 1:4.2.7-0ubuntu1

This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug fixes. After a standard system update you need to restart LibreOffice to make all the necessary changes.

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2398-1
CVE-2014-3693

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/1:4.3.3-0ubuntu1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/1:4.2.7-0ubuntu1

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2398-1

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27595
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27595
Title: USN-2398-1 -- LibreOffice vulnerability
Description: It was discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly handled the Impress remote control port. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Impress to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-2398-1
CVE-2014-3693
Version: 5
Platform(s): Ubuntu 14.10
Ubuntu 14.04
Product(s): libreoffice
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:28363
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:28363
Title: SUSE-SU-2014:1494-1 -- Security update for libreoffice (moderate)
Description: libreoffice was updated to version 4.3.3.2 to fix two security issues: These security issues were fixed: - "Document as E-mail" vulnerability (bnc#900218). - Impress remote control use-after-free vulnerability (CVE-2014-3693). Various other fixes are included in the update.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): SUSE-SU-2014:1494-1
CVE-2014-3693
Version: 3
Platform(s): SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
Product(s): libreoffice
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:28472
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:28472
Title: SUSE-SU-2014:1544-1 -- Security update for LibreOffice (moderate)
Description: LibreOffice was updated to fix two security issues. These security issues have been fixed: * "Document as E-mail" vulnerability (bnc#900218). * Impress remote control use-after-free vulnerability (CVE-2014-3693). Security Issues: * CVE-2014-3693 <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3693>
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): SUSE-SU-2014:1544-1
CVE-2014-3693
Version: 3
Platform(s): SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11
Product(s): LibreOffice
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 21
Os 2
Os 1
Os 1
Os 1
Os 1

Snort® IPS/IDS

Date Description
2015-08-18 LibreOffice Impress socket manager Use After Free attempt
RuleID : 35253 - Revision : 3 - Type : SERVER-OTHER

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2016-03-10 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201603-05.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-02-29 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2016-273.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-03-26 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20150305_libreoffice_on_SL7_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-03-18 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2015-0377.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-03-13 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2015-0377.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-03-05 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2015-0377.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-12-17 Name : The remote host contains an application that is affected by a use-after-free ...
File : libreoffice_427.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-12-17 Name : The remote host contains an application that is affected by a use-after-free ...
File : libreoffice_433.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-12-03 Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_11_libreoffice-2014-11-19-141120.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-11-19 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2014-682.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-11-17 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2014-661.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-11-06 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-2398-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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Date Informations
2014-11-10 17:26:49
  • Multiple Updates
2014-11-08 00:27:40
  • Multiple Updates
2014-11-07 13:26:29
  • Multiple Updates
2014-11-05 21:23:54
  • First insertion