USN-5661-1: LibreOffice vulnerabilities
6 October 2022
Several security issues were fixed in LibreOffice.
Releases
Packages
- libreoffice - Office productivity suite
Details
It was discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly validated macro signatures.
If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted document, a remote
attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary macros.
(CVE-2022-26305)
It was discovered that Libreoffice incorrectly handled encrypting the
master key provided by the user for storing passwords for web connections.
A local attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain access to
passwords stored in the user's configuration data. (CVE-2022-26306,
CVE-2022-26307)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 20.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.