Debian: DSA-3608-1: libreoffice security update

Date 29 Jun 2016

Category Debian Linux Distribution - Security Advisories

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Posted By LinuxSecurity Advisories

Aleksandar Nikolic discovered that missing input sanitising in the RTF parser in Libreoffice may result in the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed documented is opened.

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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3608-1                   This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
https://www.debian.org/security/                       Moritz Muehlenhoff
June 29, 2016                         https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : libreoffice
CVE ID         : CVE-2016-4324

Aleksandar Nikolic discovered that missing input sanitising in the RTF
parser in Libreoffice may result in the execution of arbitrary code if
a malformed documented is opened.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 1:4.3.3-2+deb8u5.

For the testing distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed
in version 1:5.1.4~rc1-1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 1:5.1.4~rc1-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libreoffice packages.

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