Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Summary
Title LibreOffice vulnerabilities
Informations
Name USN-2578-1 First vendor Publication 2015-04-27
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2015-04-27
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
 
Calculate full CVSS 3.0 Vectors scores

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
Calculate full CVSS 2.0 Vectors scores

Detail

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

- Ubuntu 14.10 - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

LibreOffice could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.

Software Description: - libreoffice: Office productivity suite

Details:

Alexander Cherepanov discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly handled certain RTF files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted RTF document, a remote attacker could cause LibreOffice to crash, and possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2014-9093)

It was discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly handled certain HWP files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted HWP document, a remote attacker could cause LibreOffice to crash, and possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-1774)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 14.10:
libreoffice-core 1:4.3.7~rc2-0ubuntu1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libreoffice-core 1:4.2.8-0ubuntu2

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
libreoffice-core 1:3.5.7-0ubuntu8

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

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2578-1
CVE-2014-9093, CVE-2015-1774

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/1:4.3.7~rc2-0ubuntu1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/1:4.2.8-0ubuntu2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/1:3.5.7-0ubuntu8

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2578-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
50 % CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write (CWE/SANS Top 25)
50 % CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 13
Application 210
Os 3
Os 2
Os 2
Os 1
Os 1
Os 1

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
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
2015-11-17 Name : The remote Windows host has an application installed that is affected by mult...
File : openoffice_412.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-11-05 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2015-1915-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-08-04 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20150722_libreoffice_on_SL6_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-07-30 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2015-1458.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-07-28 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2015-1458.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-07-23 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2015-1458.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-05-20 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2014-1729-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-05-13 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2015-357.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-05-11 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2015-7213.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-05-08 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.
File : freebsd_pkg_b13af778f4fc11e4a95dac9e174be3af.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-04-30 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2015-7022.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-04-28 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-2578-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-04-27 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-3236.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-02-20 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-3163.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-01-19 Name : The remote host contains an application that is affected by an invalid memory...
File : macosx_libreoffice_435.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-01-19 Name : The remote host contains an application that is affected by an invalid memory...
File : libreoffice_435.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-12-30 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2014-823.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-11-24 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2014-15486.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Alert History

If you want to see full details history, please login or register.
0
1
2
Date Informations
2015-04-29 13:28:50
  • Multiple Updates
2015-04-28 21:29:56
  • Multiple Updates
2015-04-27 17:25:01
  • First insertion