Ubuntu Security Notice 3046-1 - Yves Younan and Richard Johnson discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly handled presentation files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted presentation file, a remote attacker could cause LibreOffice to crash, and possibly execute arbitrary code.
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=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3046-1
August 04, 2016
libreoffice vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary:
LibreOffice 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:
Yves Younan and Richard Johnson discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly
handled presentation files. If a user were tricked into opening a
specially crafted presentation file, a remote attacker could cause
LibreOffice to crash, and possibly execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
libreoffice-core 1:3.5.7-0ubuntu12
After a standard system update you need to restart LibreOffice to make
all the necessary changes.
References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3046-1
CVE-2016-1513
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/1:3.5.7-0ubuntu12