USN-3883-1: LibreOffice vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Packages

• libreoffice - Office productivity suite

Details

It was discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly handled certain document
files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted document, a
remote attacker could cause LibreOffice to crash, and possibly execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-10119, CVE-2018-10120, CVE-2018-11790)

It was discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly handled embedded SMB
connections in document files. If a user were tricked in to opening a
specially crafted document, a remote attacker could possibly exploit this
to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2018-10583)

Alex Inführ discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly handled embedded
scripts in document files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially
crafted document, a remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2018-16858)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 16.04

• libreoffice-core - 1:5.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu1~xenial6

Ubuntu 14.04

• libreoffice-core - 1:4.2.8-0ubuntu5.5

After a standard system update you need to restart LibreOffice to make all
the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2018-10119
• CVE-2018-10120
• CVE-2018-10583
• CVE-2018-11790
• CVE-2018-16858