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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
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
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

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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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