Moderate: libreoffice security update

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2022-3140   CVE-2022-26305   CVE-2022-26306   CVE-2022-26307  

Synopsis

Moderate: libreoffice security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Moderate

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Topic

An update for libreoffice is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

LibreOffice is an open source, community-developed office productivity suite. It includes key desktop applications, such as a word processor, a spreadsheet, a presentation manager, a formula editor, and a drawing program. LibreOffice replaces OpenOffice and provides a similar but enhanced and extended office suite.

Security Fix(es):

  • libreoffice: Macro URL arbitrary script execution (CVE-2022-3140)
  • libreoffice: Execution of Untrusted Macros Due to Improper Certificate Validation (CVE-2022-26305)
  • libreoffice: Static Initialization Vector Allows to Recover Passwords for Web Connections Without Knowing the Master Password (CVE-2022-26306)
  • libreoffice: Weak Master Keys (CVE-2022-26307)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

All running instances of LibreOffice applications must be restarted for this update to take effect.

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 9 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 9 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 9 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 9 aarch64
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 9 x86_64
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian 9 ppc64le

Fixes

  • BZ - 2118610 - CVE-2022-26307 libreoffice: Weak Master Keys
  • BZ - 2118611 - CVE-2022-26305 libreoffice: Execution of Untrusted Macros Due to Improper Certificate Validation
  • BZ - 2118613 - CVE-2022-26306 libreoffice: Static Initialization Vector Allows to Recover Passwords for Web Connections Without Knowing the Master Password
  • BZ - 2134697 - CVE-2022-3140 libreoffice: Macro URL arbitrary script execution