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Ubuntu 21.10 USN-5330-1 Critical: LibreOffice Document Flaw Exploited

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Calendar Grey March 15, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
A critical LibreOffice flaw on Ubuntu allows malicious users to forge document signatures. Please update your system immediately.
LibreOffice could incorrectly validate document signatures.

Summary

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Topics Covered

security advisory Ubuntu critical flaw LibreOffice document validation

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 21.10: libreoffice-core 1:7.2.5-0ubuntu0.21.10.3 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: libreoffice-core 1:6.4.7-0ubuntu0.20.04.4 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: libreoffice-core 1:6.0.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.11 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5330-1

CVE-2021-25636

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March 15, 2022

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Topics Covered

security advisory Ubuntu critical flaw LibreOffice document validation

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/1:7.2.5-0ubuntu0.21.10.3 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/1:6.4.7-0ubuntu0.20.04.4 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/1:6.0.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.11

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