Executive Summary

Summary
Title LibreOffice: Information disclosure
Informations
Name GLSA-201802-06 First vendor Publication 2018-02-20
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2018-02-20
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:N/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

A vulnerability in LibreOffice might allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files.

Background

LibreOffice is a powerful office suite; its clean interface and powerful tools let you unleash your creativity and grow your productivity.

Description

It was discovered that missing restrictions in the implementation of the WEBSERVICE function in LibreOffice could result in the disclosure of arbitrary files.

Impact

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted document using LibreOffice, possibly resulting in the disclosure of arbitrary files readable by the victim.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All LibreOffice users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-office/libreoffice-5.4.5.1"

All LibreOffice binary users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=app-office/libreoffice-bin-5.4.5.1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2018-6871 : https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6871

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201802-06

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201802-06.xml

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 350
Os 3
Os 1
Os 2
Os 2
Os 2
Os 3
Os 2
Os 2

Snort® IPS/IDS

Date Description
2018-09-18 LibreOffice WEBSERVICE arbitrary file disclosure attempt
RuleID : 47566 - Revision : 1 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2018-09-18 LibreOffice WEBSERVICE arbitrary file disclosure attempt
RuleID : 47565 - Revision : 1 - Type : FILE-OFFICE

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2018-03-15 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2018-0517.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-03-12 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2018-0418.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-02-26 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.
File : freebsd_pkg_289269f10def11e899b0d017c2987f9a.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-02-20 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201802-06.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-02-15 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2018-3eb4d8e4c4.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-02-12 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-4111.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Alert History

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Date Informations
2018-02-27 21:22:18
  • Multiple Updates
2018-02-20 05:18:08
  • First insertion