USN-1495-1: LibreOffice vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 11.10
• Ubuntu 11.04

Packages

• libreoffice - Office productivity suite
• libreoffice-l10n - Office productivity suite help

Details

Integer overflows were discovered in the graphics loading code of several
different image types. If a user were tricked into opening a specially
crafted file, an attacker could cause LibreOffice to crash or possibly
execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the
program. (CVE-2012-1149)

Sven Jacobi discovered an integer overflow when processing Escher graphics
records. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted PowerPoint
file, an attacker could cause LibreOffice to crash or possibly execute
arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.
(CVE-2012-2334)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 11.10

• libreoffice-l10n-common - 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1.2
• libreoffice-core - 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 11.04

• libreoffice-l10n-common - 1:3.3.3-1ubuntu1.2
• libreoffice-core - 1:3.3.4-0ubuntu1.2

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

References

• CVE-2012-1149
• CVE-2012-2334

Related notices

• USN-1496-1: openoffice.org, openoffice.org-core