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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : LibreOffice vulnerability (USN-2253-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 76200

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-2253-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that LibreOffice unconditionally executed certain VBA macros, contrary to user expectations.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2253-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 76200

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2253-1.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/24/2014

Updated: 8/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless 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: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-0247

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-style-human, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-l10n-za, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-style-hicontrast, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-calc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-wiki-publisher, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-script-provider-js, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-sdbc-hsqldb, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-subsequentcheckbase, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-presentation-minimizer, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-script-provider-bsh, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-style-crystal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openoffice.org-dtd-officedocument1.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-style-tango, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-impress, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-style-galaxy, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-sdbc-firebird, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-uno, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-script-provider-python, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-gtk3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:browser-plugin-libreoffice, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-core, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-base-core, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-math, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-style-oxygen, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-base, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-report-builder-bin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:uno-libs3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-ogltrans, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-avmedia-backend-gstreamer, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-l10n-in, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-sdbc-postgresql, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-kde, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-style-sifr, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-mysql-connector, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ure, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-librelogo, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:fonts-opensymbol, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-l10n-ku, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-gtk, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-pdfimport, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-emailmerge, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-gnome, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-draw, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-java-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-writer, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-base-drivers, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-report-builder, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-officebean, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreoffice-presenter-console

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/23/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/3/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0247

USN: 2253-1