New LibreOffice Vulnerability Patched in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Debian and Arch Linux

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  • Post Updated: April 3, 2024

Today, June 30, 2016, Canonical has published a new security notice to inform users of the Ubuntu Linux operating system that the latest LibreOffice builds have landed in the repositories.

According to Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3022-1, LibreOffice 5.1.4 is now available for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus), LibreOffice 5.0.6 for Ubuntu 15.10 (Wily Werewolf), and LibreOffice 3.5.7 for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin), patching a security issue that could allow an attacker to crash the software or run malicious programs as your login.

“It was discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly handled RTF document files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted RTF document, a remote attacker could cause LibreOffice to crash, and possibly execute arbitrary code,” says Canonical. The issue was discovered by Aleksandar Nikolic, according to the <a href="https://lists.de… (read more)

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