Debian Security Advisory DSA 4178-1 (libreoffice - security update)

Two vulnerabilities were discovered in LibreOffice's code to parse MS Word and Structured Storage files, which could result in denial of service and potentially the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed file is opened.

libreoffice on Debian Linux

This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 1:4.3.3-2+deb8u11. For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 1:5.2.7-1+deb9u4. We recommend that you upgrade your libreoffice packages. For the detailed security status of libreoffice please refer to its security tracker page linked in the references.