LibreOffice < 4.4.6 / 5.x < 5.0.1 Document Bookmark Arbitrary Code Execution (Mac OS X)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 86903

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Synopsis

The remote host has an application installed that is affected by an arbitrary code execution vulnerability.

Description

The version of LibreOffice installed on the remote Mac OS X host is prior to 4.4.6 or 5.x prior to 5.0.1. It is, therefore, affected by a memory corruption issue in 'filter/ww8/ww8scan.cxx' due to improper validation of user-supplied input when handling bookmark status positions. A remote attacker can exploit this, via a specially crafted document, to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code.

Note that Nessus has not attempted to exploit this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to LibreOffice version 4.4.6 (4.4.6.3) / 5.0.1 (5.0.1.2) or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 86903

File Name: macosx_libreoffice_501.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Family: MacOS X Local Security Checks

Published: 11/17/2015

Updated: 11/20/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-5214

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:libreoffice:libreoffice

Required KB Items: installed_sw/LibreOffice, Host/MacOSX/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/27/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/5/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5214

Detections

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