LibreOffice was updated to version 5.1.3.2, bringing many new features and bug fixes.

Two security issues have been fixed :

  - CVE-2016-0795: LibreOffice allowed remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or     possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted     LwpTocSuperLayout record in a LotusWordPro (lwp)     document.

  - CVE-2016-0794: The lwp filter in LibreOffice allowed     remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory     corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact     via a crafted LotusWordPro (lwp) document.

A comprehensive list of new features and improvements in this release is provided by the Document Foundation at https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/5.1 .

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update project.

An update for libreoffice is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

LibreOffice is an open source, community-developed office productivity suite. It includes key desktop applications, such as a word processor, a spreadsheet, a presentation manager, a formula editor, and a drawing program. LibreOffice replaces OpenOffice and provides a similar but enhanced and extended office suite.

The following packages have been upgraded to a newer upstream version:
libreoffice (5.0.6.2). (BZ#1290148)

Security Fix(es) :

* Multiple flaws were found in the Lotus Word Pro (LWP) document format parser in LibreOffice. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted LWP document, an attacker could possibly use this flaw to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user opening the file. (CVE-2016-0794, CVE-2016-0795)

Additional Changes :

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Release Notes linked from the References section.

The following packages have been upgraded to a newer upstream version:
libreoffice (5.0.6.2).

Security Fix(es) :

  - Multiple flaws were found in the Lotus Word Pro (LWP)     document format parser in LibreOffice. By tricking a     user into opening a specially crafted LWP document, an     attacker could possibly use this flaw to execute     arbitrary code with the privileges of the user opening     the file. (CVE-2016-0794, CVE-2016-0795)

Additional Changes :

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2016-2579 advisory.

    - Resolves: rhbz#1353839 CVE-2016-4324 dereference of invalid STL iterator on       processing RTF file

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote MiracleLinux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2016-852:01 advisory.

    libcmis     LibCMIS is a C   client library for working with CM (content management)     interfaces. The primary supported interface (which gave the library its     name) is CMIS, which allows applications to connect to any ECM behaving     as a CMIS server (Alfresco or Nuxeo are examples of open source ones).
    Another supported interface is Google Drive.
    libpagemaker     libpagemaker is library providing ability to interpret and import     Adobe PageMaker documents into various applications.
    libreoffice     LibreOffice is an Open Source, community-developed, office productivity suite.
    It includes the key desktop applications, such as a word processor,     spreadsheet, presentation manager, formula editor and drawing program, with a     user interface and feature set similar to other office suites.  Sophisticated     and flexible, LibreOffice also works transparently with a variety of file     formats, including Microsoft Office File Formats.
    mdds     mdds is a collection of multi-dimensional data structures and     indexing algorithms.
    Security issues fixed with this release:
    CVE-2016-0794     The lwp filter in LibreOffice before 5.0.4 allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have     unspecified other impact via a crafted LotusWordPro (lwp) document.
    CVE-2016-0795     LibreOffice before 5.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact     via a crafted LwpTocSuperLayout record in a LotusWordPro (lwp)     document.
    The following packages have been upgraded to a newer upstream version: libreoffice (5.0.6.2).
    Additional Changes:
    - The status bar and various sidebar decks have been improved
    - Various toolbars and context menus have been cleaned up or rearranged for better usability.
    - The color selector has been reworked.
    - New templates have been created.
    - Templates now appear directly in the Start Center and can be picked from there.
    - libreoffice now displays an information bar to indicate visibly when a document is being opened in read-     only mode.
    - The possibility to embed libreoffice in certain web browsers by using the deprecated NPAPI has been     removed.
    - It is possible to connect to SharePoint 2010 and 2013 and OneDrive directly from libreoffice.
    - Support for converting formulas into direct values, Master Document templates, reading Adobe Swatch     Exchange color palettes in the .ase format, importing Adobe PageMaker documents, and for exporting     digitally signed PDF files.
    - It is now possible to specify references to entire columns or rows using the A:A or 1:1 notation.
    - Interoperability with Microsoft Office document formats has been improved.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
92310	openSUSE Security Update : LibreOffice (openSUSE-2016-871)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	7/15/2016	2/2/2026	high
94542	RHEL 7 : libreoffice (RHSA-2016:2579)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	11/4/2016	1/20/2026	high
95844	Scientific Linux Security Update : libreoffice on SL7.x x86_64 (20161103)	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	12/15/2016	1/14/2026	high
94701	Oracle Linux 7 : libreoffice (ELSA-2016-2579)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	11/11/2016	11/1/2024	high
95326	CentOS 7 : libcmis / libpagemaker / libreoffice / mdds (CESA-2016:2579)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	11/28/2016	1/16/2026	high
289856	MiracleLinux 7 : libcmis-0.5.1-2.el7, libpagemaker-0.0.3-1.el7, mdds-0.12.1-1.el7, libreoffice-5.0.6.2-3.el7 (AXSA:2016-852:01)	Nessus	Miracle Linux Local Security Checks	1/16/2026	1/16/2026	high

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