LibreOffice could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.
Duc Anh Nguyen discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly handled mismatched encryption salt parameters in crafted OOXML documents. An attacker could use this issue to cause LibreOffice to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Duc Anh Nguyen discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly handled mismatched encryption salt parameters in crafted OOXML documents. An attacker could use this issue to cause LibreOffice to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Duc Anh Nguyen discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly handled mismatched encryption salt parameters in crafted OOXML documents. An attacker could use this issue to cause LibreOffice to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Duc Anh Nguyen discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly handled mismatched encryption salt parameters in crafted OOXML documents. An attacker could use this issue to cause LibreOffice to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug fixes. In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
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