SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : libreoffice (SUSE-SU-2024:3576-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 208716

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED12 / SLED_SAP12 / SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:3576-1 advisory.

libreoffice was updated to version 24.8.1.2 (jsc#PED-10362):

- Release notes:

* https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Releases/24.8.0/RC1 and
* https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Releases/24.8.0/RC2 and
* https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Releases/24.8.0/RC3

- Security issues fixed:

* CVE-2024-526: Fixed TLS certificates are not properly verified when utilizing LibreOfficeKit (bsc#1226975)

- Other bugs fixed:

* Use system curl instead of the bundled one on systems greater than or equal to SLE15 (bsc#1229589)
* Use the new clucene function, which makes index files reproducible (bsc#1047218)

- Update bundled dependencies:

* Java-Websocket updated from 1.5.4 to 1.5.6
* boost updated from 1.82.0 to 1.85.0
* curl updated from 8.7.1 to 8.9.1
* fontconfig updated from 2.14.2 to 2.15.0
* freetype updated from 2.13.0 to 2.13.2
* harfbuzz updated from 8.2.2 to 8.5.0
* icu4c-data updated from 73.2 to 74.2
* icu4c-src updated from 73.2 to 74.2
* libassuan updated from 2.5.7 to 3.0.1
* libcmis updated from 0.6.1 to 0.6.2
* libgpg-error updated from 1.48 to 1.50
* pdfium updated from 6179 to 6425
* poppler updated from 23.09.0 to 24.08.0
* tiff updated from 4.6.0 to 4.6.0t

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE 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 affected packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1047218

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1202273

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1226975

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1229589

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2024-October/037200.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-5261

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 208716

File Name: suse_SU-2024-3576-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/11/2024

Updated: 10/11/2024

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: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-5261

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Threat Score: 9.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libreoffice-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libreoffice-base-drivers-postgresql, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libreoffice-branding-upstream, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libreoffice-l10n-pt_pt, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libreoffice-writer-extensions, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libreoffice-gtk3, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libreoffice-icon-themes, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libreoffice-l10n-sk, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libreoffice, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libreoffice-l10n-da, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libreoffice-l10n-de, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libreoffice-l10n-en, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libreoffice-l10n-fi, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libreoffice-l10n-gu, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libreoffice-l10n-nn, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libreoffice-l10n-pt_br, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libreoffice-l10n-fr, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libreoffice-l10n-ja, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libreoffice-librelogo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libreoffice-l10n-nb, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libreoffice-gnome, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libreoffice-l10n-lt, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libreoffice-calc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libreoffice-l10n-ar, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libreoffice-l10n-hi, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libreoffice-l10n-zu, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libreoffice-l10n-hr, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libreoffice-l10n-bg, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libreoffice-sdk, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libreoffice-filters-optional, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libreoffice-writer, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libreoffice-draw, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libreoffice-l10n-zh_tw, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libreoffice-pyuno, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libreoffice-l10n-uk, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libreoffice-l10n-it, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libreoffice-l10n-ko, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libreoffice-l10n-sv, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libreoffice-l10n-nl, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libreoffice-l10n-hu, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libreoffice-l10n-pl, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libreoffice-l10n-es, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libreoffice-l10n-zh_cn, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libreoffice-officebean, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libreoffice-mailmerge, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libreoffice-l10n-xh, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libreoffice-l10n-af, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libreoffice-l10n-ru, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libreoffice-l10n-cs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libreoffice-l10n-ro, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libreoffice-math, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libreoffice-l10n-ca, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libreoffice-calc-extensions, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libreoffice-impress

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/10/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/25/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-5261

IAVB: 2024-B-0084-S

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:3576-1