libreoffice vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 19.04
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Summary
LibreOffice could be made to run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.
Software Description
- libreoffice - Office productivity suite
Details
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.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 19.04
- libreoffice-core - 1:6.2.7-0ubuntu0.19.04.1
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- libreoffice-core - 1:6.0.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.10
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- libreoffice-core - 1:5.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu1~xenial10
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system update you need to restart LibreOffice to make all the necessary changes.