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From: Kristian Fiskerstrand <k_f@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201603-05 ] LibreOffice, OpenOffice: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2016 18:12:14
Message-Id: 56E066E6.1030900@gentoo.org
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: LibreOffice, OpenOffice: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: March 09, 2016
10 Bugs: #521136, #522060, #528438, #534684, #547880, #547900, #565028
11 ID: 201603-05
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in both LibreOffice and
19 OpenOffice allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause
20 Denial of Service.
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22 Background
23 ==========
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25 Apache OpenOffice is the leading open-source office software suite for
26 word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and
27 more.
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29 LibreOffice is a powerful office suite; its clean interface and
30 powerful tools let you unleash your creativity and grow your
31 productivity.
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33 Affected packages
34 =================
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37 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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39 1 app-office/libreoffice < 4.4.2 >= 4.4.2
40 2 app-office/libreoffice-bin
41 < 4.4.2 >= 4.4.2
42 3 app-office/libreoffice-bin-debug
43 < 4.4.2 >= 4.4.2
44 4 app-office/openoffice-bin
45 < 4.1.2 >= 4.1.2
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47 4 affected packages
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49 Description
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52 Multiple vulnerabilities were found in both LibreOffice and OpenOffice
53 that allow the remote execution of arbitrary code and potential Denial
54 of Service. These vulnerabilities may be exploited through multiple
55 vectors including crafted documents, link handling, printer setup in
56 ODF document types, DOC file formats, and Calc spreadsheets. Please
57 review the referenced CVE's for specific information regarding each.
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59 Impact
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62 A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted file
63 using the LibreOffice or OpenOffice suite of software. Execution of
64 these attacks could possibly result in the execution of arbitrary code
65 with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.
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67 Workaround
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70 There is no known work around at this time.
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72 Resolution
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75 All LibreOffice users should upgrade their respective packages to the
76 latest version:
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78 # emerge --sync
79 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-office/libreoffice-4.4.2"
80 # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=app-office/libreoffice-bin-4.4.2"
81 # emerge -a --oneshot -v ">=app-office/libreoffice-bin-debug-4.4.2"
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83 All OpenOffice users should upgrade to the latest version:
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85 # emerge --sync
86 # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=app-office/openoffice-bin-4.1.2"
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88 References
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91 [ 1 ] CVE-2014-3524
92 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3524
93 [ 2 ] CVE-2014-3575
94 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3575
95 [ 3 ] CVE-2014-3693
96 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3693
97 [ 4 ] CVE-2014-9093
98 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-9093
99 [ 5 ] CVE-2015-1774
100 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-1774
101 [ 6 ] CVE-2015-4551
102 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-4551
103 [ 7 ] CVE-2015-5212
104 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-5212
105 [ 8 ] CVE-2015-5213
106 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-5213
107 [ 9 ] CVE-2015-5214
108 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-5214
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110 Availability
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113 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
114 the Gentoo Security Website:
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116 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-05
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118 Concerns?
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121 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
122 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
123 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
124 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
125 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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127 License
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130 Copyright 2016 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
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133 The contents of this document are licensed under the
134 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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