Debian DSA-4111-1 : libreoffice - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 106729

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Mikhail Klementev, Ronnie Goodrich and Andrew Krasichkov discovered that missing restrictions in the implementation of the WEBSERVICE function in LibreOffice could result in the disclosure of arbitrary files readable by the user who opens a malformed document.

Solution

Upgrade the libreoffice packages.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1:5.2.7-1+deb9u2.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/libreoffice

https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/libreoffice

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4111

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 106729

File Name: debian_DSA-4111.nasl

Version: 3.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/12/2018

Updated: 2/23/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libreoffice, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/11/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/9/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-6871

DSA: 4111