USN-2331-1: LibreOffice vulnerability
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2331-1
2nd September, 2014
libreoffice vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary
LibreOffice Calc could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.
Software description
- libreoffice - Office productivity suite
Details
Rohan Durve and James Kettle discovered LibreOffice Calc sometimes allowed
for command injection when opening spreadsheets. If a user were tricked
into opening a crafted Calc spreadsheet, an attacker could exploit this to
run programs as your login.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
- libreoffice-core 1:4.2.6.3-0ubuntu1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: http://bit.ly/1aJDvTw.
After a standard system update you need to restart LibreOffice to make
all the necessary changes.
References
from Ubuntu Security Notices http://bit.ly/1pm4TMT