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Debian Security Advisory DSA 4381-1 (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
Alex Infuehr discovered a directory traversal vulnerability which could result in the execution of Python script code when opening a malformed document.
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 stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1:5.2.7-1+deb9u5. In addition this update fixes a bug in the validation of signed PDFs. It would display an incomplete status message when dealing with a partial signature. 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.