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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : LibreOffice vulnerabilities (USN-3883-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 121640

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

It was discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly handled certain document files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted document, a remote attacker could cause LibreOffice to crash, and possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-10119, CVE-2018-10120, CVE-2018-11790)

It was discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly handled embedded SMB connections in document files. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted document, a remote attacker could possibly exploit this to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2018-10583)

Alex Infuhr 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-2018-16858).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3883-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 121640

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3883-1.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/7/2019

Updated: 10/20/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-16858

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.4

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:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-core, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-draw, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-emailmerge, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-gnome, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-gtk, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-gtk3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-impress, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-java-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-kde, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-l10n-in, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-l10n-ku, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-l10n-za, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-librelogo, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-math, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-mysql-connector, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-officebean, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-ogltrans, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-pdfimport, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-presentation-minimizer, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-presenter-console, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-report-builder, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-report-builder-bin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-script-provider-bsh, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-script-provider-js, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-script-provider-python, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-sdbc-firebird, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-sdbc-hsqldb, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-sdbc-postgresql, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-style-breeze, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-style-crystal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-style-elementary, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-style-galaxy, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-style-hicontrast, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-style-human, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-style-oxygen, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-style-sifr, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-style-tango, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-subsequentcheckbase, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-wiki-publisher, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-writer, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreofficekit-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-dtd-officedocument1.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-uno, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:uno-libs3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ure, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:browser-plugin-libreoffice, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:fonts-opensymbol, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-lokdocview-0.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-avmedia-backend-gstreamer, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-base, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-base-core, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-base-drivers, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-calc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-common

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/6/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/16/2018

Exploitable With

Metasploit (LibreOffice Macro Code Execution)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-10119, CVE-2018-10120, CVE-2018-10583, CVE-2018-11790, CVE-2018-16858

USN: 3883-1