Ubuntu Security Update USN-3273-1: LibreOffice vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3273-1


2nd May, 2017

libreoffice vulnerabilities


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

• Ubuntu 16.10
• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary


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

Software description

• libreoffice - Office productivity suite

Details


It was discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly handled EMF image files.
If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted EMF image 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 version:

Ubuntu 16.10:
libreoffice-core 1:5.2.2-0ubuntu2.1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
libreoffice-core 1:5.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu1~xenial2
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libreoffice-core 1:4.2.8-0ubuntu5.1

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

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

References


CVE-2016-10327, CVE-2017-7870

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