USN-3210-1: LibreOffice vulnerability

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3210-1

23rd 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 version:

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:

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

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

libreoffice 1:5.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu1~xenial1

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

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

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:

libreoffice-base 1:4.2.8-0ubuntu5

libreoffice-calc 1:4.2.8-0ubuntu5

libreoffice-common 1:4.2.8-0ubuntu5

libreoffice-math 1:4.2.8-0ubuntu5

libreoffice-writer 1:4.2.8-0ubuntu5

libreoffice 1:4.2.8-0ubuntu5

libreoffice-base-core 1:4.2.8-0ubuntu5

libreoffice-core 1:4.2.8-0ubuntu5

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:

libreoffice-base 1:3.5.7-0ubuntu13

libreoffice-calc 1:3.5.7-0ubuntu13

libreoffice-common 1:3.5.7-0ubuntu13

libreoffice-math 1:3.5.7-0ubuntu13

libreoffice-writer 1:3.5.7-0ubuntu13

libreoffice 1:3.5.7-0ubuntu13

libreoffice-base-core 1:3.5.7-0ubuntu13

libreoffice-core 1:3.5.7-0ubuntu13

To update your system, please follow these instructions: http://ift.tt/17VXqjU.

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

References

CVE-2017-3157

from Ubuntu Security Notices http://ift.tt/2lvQPJG