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Debian DSA-5737-1 For LibreOffice: Critical Macro Security Fix

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Calendar Grey August 5, 2024
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Upgrade your LibreOffice following DSA-5737-1 guidelines to address macro validation vulnerabilities securely and effectively with these steps
If LibreOffice failed to validate a signed macro, it displayed a warning but still allowed execution of the script after printing a warning

Summary

If LibreOffice failed to validate a signed macro, it displayed a warning
but still allowed execution of the script after printing a warning.
Going forward in high macro security mode such macros are now disabled.

For additional information please refer to


For the oldstable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed
in version 1:7.0.4-4+deb11u10.

For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in
version 4:7.4.7-1+deb12u4.

We recommend that you upgrade your libreoffice packages.

For the detailed security status of libreoffice please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/libreoffice

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-2024-6472

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