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Ubuntu 14.10 USN-2578-1 Critical: LibreOffice Code Execution Risk

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LibreOffice could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2578-1
April 27, 2015

libreoffice vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 14.10
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

LibreOffice could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it
opened a specially crafted file.

Software Description:
- libreoffice: Office productivity suite

Details:

Alexander Cherepanov discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly handled
certain RTF files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted
RTF document, a remote attacker could cause LibreOffice to crash, and
possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2014-9093)

It was discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly handled certain HWP files.
If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted HWP document, a
remote attacker could cause LibreOffice to crash, and possibly execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-1774)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 14.10:
  libreoffice-core                1:4.3.7~rc2-0ubuntu1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  libreoffice-core                1:4.2.8-0ubuntu2

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  libreoffice-core                1:3.5.7-0ubuntu8

After a standard system update you need to restart LibreOffice to make all
the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2578-1
  CVE-2014-9093, CVE-2015-1774

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/1:4.3.7~rc2-0ubuntu1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/1:4.2.8-0ubuntu2
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/1:3.5.7-0ubuntu8


Ubuntu 14.10 USN-2578-1 Critical: LibreOffice Code Execution Risk

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The Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2579-1 addresses vulnerabilities within the OpenOffice suite, highlighting issues that could lead to application failures and risks of executing malicious code.
LibreOffice could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 14.10: libreoffice-core 1:4.3.7~rc2-0ubuntu1 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: libreoffice-core 1:4.2.8-0ubuntu2 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: libreoffice-core 1:3.5.7-0ubuntu8 After a standard system update you need to restart LibreOffice to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2578-1

CVE-2014-9093, CVE-2015-1774

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April 27, 2015

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/1:4.3.7~rc2-0ubuntu1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/1:4.2.8-0ubuntu2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/1:3.5.7-0ubuntu8

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