Insecure Default Initialization of Resource Affecting libreoffice-help-en package, versions <1:6.4.7.2-15.0.1.el8


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.07% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE8-LIBREOFFICEHELPEN-6081901
  • published 23 Nov 2023
  • disclosed 24 Mar 2023

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 libreoffice-help-en to version 1:6.4.7.2-15.0.1.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2023-6933.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libreoffice-help-en package and not the libreoffice-help-en package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

Apache OpenOffice versions before 4.1.14 may be configured to add an empty entry to the Java class path. This may lead to run arbitrary Java code from the current directory.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

7.8 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High
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Red Hat

7.8 high