The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3883-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly handled certain document files. If a user were tricked into     opening a specially crafted document, a remote attacker could cause LibreOffice to crash, and possibly     execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-10119, CVE-2018-10120, CVE-2018-11790)

    It was discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly handled embedded SMB connections in document files. If a     user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted document, a remote attacker could possibly exploit     this to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2018-10583)

    Alex Infhr 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-2018-16858)

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

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

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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : LibreOffice vulnerabilities (USN-3883-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 121640

Version 1.15

Version 1.14

Version 1.15 Aug 28, 2024, 7:43 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202408281943
Version 1.14 Oct 21, 2023, 9:06 AM CVSSv2 score source (set to "CVE-2018-16858") Detection Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202310210906