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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: USN-7025-1 Critical LibreOffice Digital Signature Issue

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Calendar Grey September 19, 2024
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Protect your Ubuntu installations against the latest LibreOffice exploit that permits counterfeit signatures. Ensure to update promptly.
LibreOffice could accept fraudulent digital signatures.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Summary: LibreOffice could accept fraudulent digital signatures. Software Description: - libreoffice: Office productivity suite Details: It was discovered that LibreOffice would incorrectly handle digital signature verification after repairing a corrupted document. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to forge valid signatures.

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security advisory critical software update digital signature ubuntu libreoffice

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS libreoffice 1:7.3.7-0ubuntu0.22.04.7 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS libreoffice 1:6.4.7-0ubuntu0.20.04.12 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7025-1

CVE-2024-7788

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7025-1

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security advisory critical software update digital signature ubuntu libreoffice

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/1:6.4.7-0ubuntu0.20.04.12

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