Fedora 20 : libreoffice-4.2.6.3-3.fc20 (2014-10732)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 77676

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

CVE-2014-3575 arbitrary file preview disclosure via ole2 objects

The vulnerability allows an attacker to send a document which when opened will trigger the prompt to 'Update Links' but if the user cancels that prompt may still generate and insert into the document an OLE2 preview image of a file on the victims filesystem, Data exposure is possible if the updated document is then distributed to other parties.

Also contains an enhancement to create a master document template type to allow putting master documents in the template manager new bugfix release

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

Solution

Update the affected libreoffice package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 77676

File Name: fedora_2014-10732.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 9/15/2014

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:20, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:libreoffice

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/12/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3575

BID: 69354

FEDORA: 2014-10732

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