=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2899-1
February 16, 2016

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

- Ubuntu 15.10
- 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:

It was discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly handled LWP document files.
If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted LWP document, a
remote attacker could cause LibreOffice to crash, and possibly execute
arbitrary code.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 15.10:
  libreoffice-core                1:5.0.5~rc2-0ubuntu2

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  libreoffice-core                1:4.2.8-0ubuntu4

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  libreoffice-core                1:3.5.7-0ubuntu10

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2899-1
  CVE-2016-0794, CVE-2016-0795

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/1:5.0.5~rc2-0ubuntu2
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/1:4.2.8-0ubuntu4
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/1:3.5.7-0ubuntu10


Ubuntu 2899-1: LibreOffice vulnerabilities

February 16, 2016
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 15.10: libreoffice-core 1:5.0.5~rc2-0ubuntu2 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: libreoffice-core 1:4.2.8-0ubuntu4 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: libreoffice-core 1:3.5.7-0ubuntu10 After a standard system update you need to restart LibreOffice to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2899-1

CVE-2016-0794, CVE-2016-0795

Severity
February 16, 2016

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/1:5.0.5~rc2-0ubuntu2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/1:4.2.8-0ubuntu4 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/1:3.5.7-0ubuntu10

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