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Debian: DSA-3792-1 Critical: LibreOffice Information Disclosure

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Calendar Grey February 23, 2017
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Enhance LibreOffice to resolve data exposure issues in Writer and Calc files in accordance with DSA-3792-1 guidelines.
Ben Hayak discovered that objects embedded in Writer and Calc documents may result in information disclosure
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Summary

Ben Hayak discovered that objects embedded in Writer and Calc documents
may result in information disclosure. Please see

for additional information.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 1:4.3.3-2+deb8u6.

For the testing distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed
in version 1:5.2.3-1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 1:5.2.3-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libreoffice packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: libreoffice
CVE ID: CVE-2017-3157

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