SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : LibreOffice (SUSE-SU-2020:0121-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 133134

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update libreoffice to version 6.3.3 fixes the following issues :

LibreOffice was updated to 6.3.3 (jsc#SLE-8705), bringing many bug and stability fixes.

More information for the 6.3 release at:
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/6.3

Security issue fixed :

CVE-2019-9853: Fixed an issue where by executing macros, the security settings could have been bypassed (bsc#1152684).

Other issues addressed :

Dropped disable-kde4 switch, since it is no longer known by configure

Disabled gtk2 because it will be removed in future releases

librelogo is now a standalone sub-package (bsc#1144522).

Partial fixes for an issue where Table(s) from DOCX showed wrong position or color (bsc#1061210).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15-SP1 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-WE-15-SP1-2020-121=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools 15-SP1 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-OBS-15-SP1-2020-121=1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 133134

File Name: suse_SU-2020-0121-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 1/21/2020

Updated: 3/29/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-9853

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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:novell:suse_linux:libreoffice-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libreofficekit-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libreoffice-sdk-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libreoffice-sdk-doc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libreoffice-sdk, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libreoffice-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/17/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/27/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-9853

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