LibreOffice vulnerability

23 February 2017

LibreOffice vulnerability

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

• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary

LibreOffice could be made to disclose files if it opened a specially crafted file.

Software Description

• libreoffice - Office productivity suite

Details

Ben Hayak discovered that it was possible to make LibreOffice Calc and Writer disclose arbitrary files to an attacker if a user opened a specially crafted file with embedded links.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

libreoffice - 1:5.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu1~xenial1

libreoffice-base - 1:5.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu1~xenial1

libreoffice-base-core - 1:5.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu1~xenial1

libreoffice-calc - 1:5.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu1~xenial1

libreoffice-common - 1:5.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu1~xenial1

libreoffice-core - 1:5.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu1~xenial1

libreoffice-math - 1:5.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu1~xenial1

libreoffice-writer - 1:5.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu1~xenial1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

libreoffice - 1:4.2.8-0ubuntu5

libreoffice-base - 1:4.2.8-0ubuntu5

libreoffice-base-core - 1:4.2.8-0ubuntu5

libreoffice-calc - 1:4.2.8-0ubuntu5

libreoffice-common - 1:4.2.8-0ubuntu5

libreoffice-core - 1:4.2.8-0ubuntu5

libreoffice-math - 1:4.2.8-0ubuntu5

libreoffice-writer - 1:4.2.8-0ubuntu5

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

libreoffice - 1:3.5.7-0ubuntu13

libreoffice-base - 1:3.5.7-0ubuntu13

libreoffice-base-core - 1:3.5.7-0ubuntu13

libreoffice-calc - 1:3.5.7-0ubuntu13

libreoffice-common - 1:3.5.7-0ubuntu13

libreoffice-core - 1:3.5.7-0ubuntu13

libreoffice-math - 1:3.5.7-0ubuntu13

libreoffice-writer - 1:3.5.7-0ubuntu13

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2017-3157