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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3482-1 (libreoffice - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
An anonymous contributor working with VeriSign iDefense Labs discovered that libreoffice, a full-featured office productivity suite, did not correctly handle Lotus WordPro files. This would enable an attacker to crash the program, or execute arbitrary code, by supplying a specially crafted LWP file.
Affected Software
Affected Software
libreoffice on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 1:3.5.4+dfsg2-0+deb7u6. For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 1:4.3.3-2+deb8u3. For the testing (stretch) and unstable (sid) distributions, these problems have been fixed in version 1:5.0.5~rc1-1. We recommend that you upgrade your libreoffice packages.