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Ubuntu 14.04/14.10 USN-2398-1: LibreOffice Denial Of Service Threat

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Calendar Grey November 5, 2014
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The Ubuntu USN-2398-1 advisory outlines a vulnerability in LibreOffice that could trigger system crashes or permit arbitrary code execution via specially designed network traffic.
LibreOffice could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Summary

LibreOffice could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially

crafted network traffic.

Software Description:

- libreoffice: Office productivity suite

Details:

It was discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly handled the Impress remote

control port. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Impress to

crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary

code.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Ubuntu software issue network traffic LibreOffice

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 14.10:
  libreoffice-core                1:4.3.3-0ubuntu1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  libreoffice-core                1:4.2.7-0ubuntu1

This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug
fixes. After a standard system update you need to restart LibreOffice to
make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2398-1

CVE-2014-3693

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November 05, 2014

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Ubuntu software issue network traffic LibreOffice

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/1:4.3.3-0ubuntu1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/1:4.2.7-0ubuntu1

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