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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 RHSA-2018-0418 Moderate Remote Disclosure

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Calendar Grey March 6, 2018
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LibreOffice has released a security patch categorized as moderate for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, which rectifies a vulnerability related to remote file exposure.
An update for libreoffice is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

All running instances of LibreOffice applications must be restarted for this update to take effect.

Summary

LibreOffice is an open source, community-developed office productivity suite. It includes key desktop applications, such as a word processor, a spreadsheet, a presentation manager, a formula editor, and a drawing program. LibreOffice replaces OpenOffice and provides a similar but enhanced and extended office suite.
Security Fix(es):
* libreoffice: Remote arbitrary file disclosure vulnerability via WEBSERVICE formula (CVE-2018-6871)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate Red Hat Enterprise Linux libreoffice remote file disclosure

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6871 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: libreoffice-5.0.6.2-15.el7_4.src.rpm
noarch: autocorr-af-5.0.6.2-15.el7_4.noarch.rpm autocorr-bg-5.0.6.2-15.el7_4.noarch.rpm autocorr-ca-5.0.6.2-15.el7_4.noarch.rpm autocorr-cs-5.0.6.2-15.el7_4.noarch.rpm autocorr-da-5.0.6.2-15.el7_4.noarch.rpm autocorr-de-5.0.6.2-15.el7_4.noarch.rpm autocorr-en-5.0.6.2-15.el7_4.noarch.rpm autocorr-es-5.0.6.2-15.el7_4.noarch.rpm autocorr-fa-5.0.6.2-15.el7_4.noarch.rpm autocorr-fi-5.0.6.2-15.el7_4.noarch.rpm autocorr-fr-5.0.6.2-15.el7_4.noarch.rpm autocorr-ga-5.0.6.2-15.el7_4.noarch.rpm autocorr-hr-5.0.6.2-15.el7_4.noarch.rpm autocorr-hu-5.0.6.2-15.el7_4.noarch.rpm autocorr-is-5.0.6.2-15.el7_4.noarch.rpm autocorr-it-5.0.6.2-15.el7_4.noarch.rpm autocorr-ja-5.0.6.2-15.el7_4.noarch.rpm autocorr-ko-5.0.6.2-15.el7_4.noarch.rpm autocorr-lb-5.0.6.2-15.el7_4.noarch.rpm autocorr-lt-5.0.6.2-15.el7_4.noarch.rpm autocorr-mn-5.0.6.2-15.el7_4.noarch.rpm autocorr-nl-5.0.6.2-15.el7_4.noarch.rpm autocorr-pl-5.0.6.2-15.el7_4.noarch.rpm autocorr-pt-5.0.6.2-15.el7_4.noarch.rpm autocorr-ro-5.0.6.2-15.el7_4.noarch.rpm autocorr-ru-5.0.6.2-15.el7_4.noarch.rpm autocorr-sk-5.0.6.2-15.el7_4.noarch.rpm autocorr-sl-5.0.6.2-15.el7_4.noarch.rpm autocorr-sr-5.0.6.2-15.el7_4.noarch.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2018:0418-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0418
Issue date: 2018-03-06

Topic

An update for libreoffice is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate Red Hat Enterprise Linux libreoffice remote file disclosure

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - noarch, ppc64le, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le

Bugs Fixed

1543120 - CVE-2018-6871 libreoffice: Remote arbitrary file disclosure vulnerability via WEBSERVICE formula

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