Debian DSA-4381-1 : libreoffice - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 121559

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Synopsis

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

Description

Alex Infuehr discovered a directory traversal vulnerability which could result in the execution of Python script code when opening 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+deb9u5. In addition this update fixes a bug in the validation of signed PDFs; it would display an incomplete status message when dealing with a partial signature.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 121559

File Name: debian_DSA-4381.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 2/4/2019

Updated: 2/23/2021

Supported Sensors: 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 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: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: 2/2/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/25/2019

Exploitable With

Metasploit (LibreOffice Macro Code Execution)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-16858

DSA: 4381

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