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Summary
Title LibreOffice vulnerabilities
Informations
Name USN-2793-1 First vendor Publication 2015-11-05
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2015-11-05
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:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 6.8 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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

- Ubuntu 15.04 - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in LibreOffice.

Software Description: - libreoffice: Office productivity suite

Details:

Federico Scrinzi discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly handled documents inserted into Writer or Calc via links. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted document, a remote attacker could possibly obtain the contents of arbitrary files. (CVE-2015-4551)

It was discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly handled PrinterSetup data stored in ODF files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted ODF document, a remote attacker could cause LibreOffice to crash, and possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-5212)

It was discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly handled the number of pieces in DOC files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted DOC document, a remote attacker could cause LibreOffice to crash, and possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-5213)

It was discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly handled bookmarks in DOC files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted DOC document, a remote attacker could cause LibreOffice to crash, and possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-5214)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 15.04:
libreoffice-core 1:4.4.6~rc3-0ubuntu1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libreoffice-core 1:4.2.8-0ubuntu3

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
libreoffice-core 1:3.5.7-0ubuntu9

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

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2793-1
CVE-2015-4551, CVE-2015-5212, CVE-2015-5213, CVE-2015-5214

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/1:4.4.6~rc3-0ubuntu1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/1:4.2.8-0ubuntu3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/1:3.5.7-0ubuntu9

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2793-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
25 % CWE-200 Information Exposure
25 % CWE-191 Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)
25 % CWE-189 Numeric Errors (CWE/SANS Top 25)
25 % CWE-119 Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 13
Application 232
Os 3
Os 2

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2016-11-07 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201611-03.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-07-22 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.
File : freebsd_pkg_72f71e264f6911e6ac37ac9e174be3af.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
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
2016-02-04 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2016-0324-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-12-16 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20151214_libreoffice_on_SL6_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-12-15 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2015-2619.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-12-15 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2015-2619.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-12-14 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2015-2619.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-11-17 Name : The remote Windows host has an application installed that is affected by mult...
File : openoffice_412.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-11-17 Name : The remote host has an application installed that is affected by an arbitrary...
File : macosx_libreoffice_501.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-11-17 Name : The remote host has an application installed that is affected by multiple vul...
File : macosx_libreoffice_445.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-11-17 Name : The remote host has an application installed that is affected by an arbitrary...
File : libreoffice_501.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-11-17 Name : The remote host has an application installed that is affected by multiple vul...
File : libreoffice_445.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-11-06 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-2793-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-11-06 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.
File : freebsd_pkg_18b3c61b83de11e5905bac9e174be3af.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-11-06 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-3394.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-11-05 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2015-1915-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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Date Informations
2015-11-13 00:27:37
  • Multiple Updates
2015-11-10 21:28:25
  • Multiple Updates
2015-11-07 13:24:58
  • Multiple Updates
2015-11-05 21:21:39
  • First insertion