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Ubuntu 11.04 / 11.10 : libreoffice, libreoffice-l10n vulnerabilities (USN-1495-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 59832

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Synopsis

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

Description

Integer overflows were discovered in the graphics loading code of several different image types. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could cause LibreOffice to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2012-1149)

Sven Jacobi discovered an integer overflow when processing Escher graphics records. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted PowerPoint file, an attacker could cause LibreOffice to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2012-2334).

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

Solution

Update the affected libreoffice-core and / or libreoffice-l10n-common packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/1495-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 59832

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1495-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/3/2012

Updated: 9/19/2019

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-core, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-l10n-common, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/2/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/19/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-1149, CVE-2012-2334

BID: 53570

USN: 1495-1