Debian DSA-4501-1 : libreoffice - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 127928

Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that the code fixes to address CVE-2018-16858 and CVE-2019-9848 were not complete.

Solution

Upgrade the libreoffice packages.

For the oldstable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 1:5.2.7-1+deb9u10.

For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 1:6.1.5-3+deb10u3.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-16858

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-9848

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

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

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

https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4501

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 127928

File Name: debian_DSA-4501.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/20/2019

Updated: 1/12/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.2

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: 9.1

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:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libreoffice, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, 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: 8/15/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/15/2019

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Metasploit (LibreOffice Macro Python Code Execution)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-9850, CVE-2019-9851, CVE-2019-9852

DSA: 4501