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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS USN-5694-1 Critical: LibreOffice Improper Link Handling

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Calendar Grey October 20, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Critical vulnerabilities in LibreOffice can lead to document-related exploits, requiring immediate updates for Ubuntu.
Several security issues were fixed in LibreOffice.

Summary

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security advisory remote exploit critical ubuntu document handling malware execution libreoffice

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: libreoffice 1:7.3.6-0ubuntu0.22.04.2 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: libreoffice 1:6.4.7-0ubuntu0.20.04.6 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: libreoffice 1:6.0.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.12 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5694-1

CVE-2020-12801, CVE-2020-12803, CVE-2022-26305, CVE-2022-26306,

CVE-2022-26307, CVE-2022-3140

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October 20, 2022

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security advisory remote exploit critical ubuntu document handling malware execution libreoffice

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/1:7.3.6-0ubuntu0.22.04.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/1:6.4.7-0ubuntu0.20.04.6

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