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GLSA-201802-06 : LibreOffice: Information disclosure

critical Nessus Plugin ID 106887

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201802-06 (LibreOffice: Information disclosure)

 It was discovered that missing restrictions in the implementation of the WEBSERVICE function in LibreOffice could result in the disclosure of arbitrary files.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted document using LibreOffice, possibly resulting in the disclosure of arbitrary files readable by the victim.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All LibreOffice users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-office/libreoffice-5.4.5.1' All LibreOffice binary users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-office/libreoffice-bin-5.4.5.1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201802-06

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 106887

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201802-06.nasl

Version: 3.3

Type: local

Published: 2/20/2018

Updated: 4/5/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:libreoffice, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:libreoffice-bin, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/20/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-6871

GLSA: 201802-06