USN-4102-1: LibreOffice vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 19.04
• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

Packages

• libreoffice - Office productivity suite

Details

It was discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly handled LibreLogo scripts.
If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted document, a remote
attacker could cause LibreOffice to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-9850,
CVE-2019-9851)

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.
(CVE-2019-9852)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 19.04

• libreoffice-core - 1:6.2.6-0ubuntu0.19.04.1

Ubuntu 18.04

• libreoffice-core - 1:6.0.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.9

Ubuntu 16.04

• libreoffice-core - 1:5.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu1~xenial9

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

References

• CVE-2019-9850
• CVE-2019-9851
• CVE-2019-9852