RHEL 7 : libreoffice (RHSA-2015:0377)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 81633

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2015:0377 advisory.

LibreOffice is an open source, community-developed office productivity suite. It includes key desktop applications, such as a word processor, a spreadsheet, a presentation manager, a formula editor, and a drawing program. LibreOffice replaces OpenOffice and provides a similar but enhanced and extended office suite.

It was found that LibreOffice documents executed macros unconditionally, without user approval, when these documents were opened using LibreOffice.
An attacker could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code as the user running LibreOffice by embedding malicious VBA scripts in the document as macros. (CVE-2014-0247)

A flaw was found in the OLE (Object Linking and Embedding) generation in LibreOffice. An attacker could use this flaw to embed malicious OLE code in a LibreOffice document, allowing for arbitrary code execution.
(CVE-2014-3575)

A use-after-free flaw was found in the Remote Control capabilities of the LibreOffice Impress application. An attacker could use this flaw to remotely execute code with the permissions of the user running LibreOffice Impress. (CVE-2014-3693)

The libreoffice packages have been upgraded to upstream version 4.2.6.3, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. Among others:

* Improved OpenXML interoperability.

* Additional statistic functions in Calc (for interoperability with Excel and Excel's Add-in Analysis ToolPak).

* Various performance improvements in Calc.

* Apple Keynote and Abiword import.

* Improved MathML export.

* New Start screen with thumbnails of recently opened documents.

* Visual clue in Slide Sorter when a slide has a transition or an animation.

* Improvements for trend lines in charts.

* Support for BCP-47 language tags. (BZ#1119709)

All libreoffice users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which correct these issues and add these enhancements.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 81633

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2015-0377.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 3/5/2015

Updated: 3/20/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-3693

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-cs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-nr, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-calc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-sdk, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-impress, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-af, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-hi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-as, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-headless, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-lt, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-bg, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-pl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-pt-br, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-it, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-es, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mdds-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-sk, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libfreehand-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-gu, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:liblangtag-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-mr, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-el, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-lt, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-filters, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libfreehand-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-ss, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-he, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-xh, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-sv, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-dz, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-ga, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-fr, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libabw, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libmwaw-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libmwaw, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-ro, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-fa, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libetonyek-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-et, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-ve, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-ca, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-fr, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-fi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-en, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-ru, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-bn, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-glade, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-ko, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libodfgen-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libfreehand-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-sdk-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-librelogo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-de, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-br, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-pt-pt, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libmwaw-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-zh-hant, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libfreehand, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mdds, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-fi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-ar, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-zh-hans, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-pt, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-is, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-kn, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-graphicfilter, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-vi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-te, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-emailmerge, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-bg, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libabw-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-hu, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-fa, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-zu, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-draw, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-zh, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-writer, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libodfgen-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-mn, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-hr, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-sk, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-nso, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-base, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-bsh, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-it, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-ca, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-ja, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-ro, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-ts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:liblangtag-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-da, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-uk, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-sr, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-si, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-nl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-tr, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-da, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-math, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libabw-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-nlpsolver, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-st, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-af, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libcmis, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-gl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-ko, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-ga, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-hu, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-nn, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-or, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-eu, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-kk, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-mai, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-sl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-gdb-debug-support, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libodfgen, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libabw-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-xsltfilter, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-ure, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libcmis-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-cy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-ru, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libcmis-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-ml, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-lv, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-rhino, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:liblangtag, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-ta, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-pa, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-ja, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libetonyek, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-pl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-sr, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-opensymbol-fonts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:liblangtag-gobject, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-th, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libetonyek-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-es, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-tn, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-de, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-en, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-sl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-pdfimport, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-wiki-publisher, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libmwaw-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-cs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-postgresql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-nl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-ogltrans, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-pyuno, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-lb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libetonyek-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-sv, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-hr, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreoffice-langpack-nb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:autocorr-tr

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/5/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/3/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0247, CVE-2014-3575, CVE-2014-3693

CWE: 200, 356, 416

RHSA: 2015:0377

Detections

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