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RHEL 7 : libreoffice (RHSA-2018:0418)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 107191

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for libreoffice.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2018:0418 advisory.

 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.

 Security Fix(es):

 * libreoffice: Remote arbitrary file disclosure vulnerability via WEBSERVICE formula (CVE-2018-6871)

 For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

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

Solution

Update the RHEL libreoffice package based on the guidance in RHSA-2018:0418.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?216b0502

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0418

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1543120

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 107191

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2018-0418.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/7/2018

Updated: 4/15/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

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 Score Source: CVE-2018-6871

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:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-cs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-nr, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-calc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-sdk, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-impress, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-af, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-hi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-as, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-lt, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-bg, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-pl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-pt-br, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-it, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-es, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-officebean, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-sk, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-gu, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-mr, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-el, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-lt, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-filters, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-ss, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreofficekit, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-he, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-xh, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-sv, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-dz, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-ga, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-fr, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-ro, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-fa, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-et, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-ve, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-ca, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-fr, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-fi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-en, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-ru, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-bn, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-glade, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-ko, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-sdk-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-librelogo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-de, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-br, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-pt-pt, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-zh-hant, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-fi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-ar, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-zh-hans, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-pt, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-is, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-kn, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-graphicfilter, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-vi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-te, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-emailmerge, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-bg, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-hu, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-fa, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-zu, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-draw, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-zh, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-writer, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreofficekit-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-mn, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-hr, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-sk, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-nso, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-base, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-bsh, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-it, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-ca, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-ja, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-ro, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-ts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-da, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-uk, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-sr, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-si, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-nl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-tr, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-da, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-math, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-nlpsolver, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-st, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-af, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-gl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-ko, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-ga, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-hu, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-nn, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-or, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-eu, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-kk, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-mai, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-sl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-gdb-debug-support, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-xsltfilter, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-ure, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-cy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-ru, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-ml, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-lv, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-rhino, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-ta, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-pa, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-ja, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-pl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-sr, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-opensymbol-fonts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-th, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-es, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-tn, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-de, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-en, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-sl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-pdfimport, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-wiki-publisher, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-cs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-postgresql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-nl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-ogltrans, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-pyuno, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-lb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-sv, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-hr, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-nb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-tr

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/6/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/9/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-6871

CWE: 200

RHSA: 2018:0418