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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4138-1

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4138-1
Posted Sep 24, 2019
Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 4138-1 - It was discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly handled embedded scripts in document files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted document, a remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code.

tags | advisory, remote, arbitrary
systems | linux, ubuntu
advisories | CVE-2019-9854
SHA-256 | 35de2613e4284f14f087555d52e861df76ee5b21c98f0c0d29c66caec5071819

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4138-1

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4138-1
September 24, 2019

libreoffice vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 19.04
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary:

LibreOffice could be made to run programs as your login if it opened a
specially crafted file.

Software Description:
- libreoffice: Office productivity suite

Details:

It was discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly handled embedded scripts in
document files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted
document, a remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 19.04:
libreoffice-core 1:6.2.7-0ubuntu0.19.04.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
libreoffice-core 1:6.0.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.10

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
libreoffice-core 1:5.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu1~xenial10

After a standard system update you need to restart LibreOffice to make all
the necessary changes.

References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4138-1
CVE-2019-9854

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/1:6.2.7-0ubuntu0.19.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/1:6.0.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.10
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/1:5.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu1~xenial10

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