Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : LibreOffice vulnerabilities (USN-4102-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 128027

Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly handled LibreLogo scripts. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted document, a remote attacker could cause LibreOffice to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-9850, CVE-2019-9851)

It was 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-2019-9852).

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-4102-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 128027

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4102-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/20/2019

Updated: 10/20/2023

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, 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 Score Source: CVE-2019-9851

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:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-core, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-dev-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-draw, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-evolution, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-gnome, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-gtk, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-gtk2, 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-kde4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-l10n-in, 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-nlpsolver, 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-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-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-systray, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-wiki-publisher, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-writer, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreofficekit-data, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreofficekit-dev, 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:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, 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:liblibreofficekitgtk, 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/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/19/2019

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

USN: 4102-1