Directory Traversal Affecting libreoffice package, versions <1:5.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu1~xenial6
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-LIBREOFFICE-341808
- published3 Feb 2019
- disclosed25 Mar 2019
Introduced: 3 Feb 2019
CVE-2018-16858 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 libreoffice to version 1:5.1.6rc2-0ubuntu1xenial6 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libreoffice package and not the libreoffice package as distributed by Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
It was found that libreoffice before versions 6.0.7 and 6.1.3 was vulnerable to a directory traversal attack which could be used to execute arbitrary macros bundled with a document. An attacker could craft a document, which when opened by LibreOffice, would execute a Python method from a script in any arbitrary file system location, specified relative to the LibreOffice install location.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-16858
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/28
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-16858
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46727/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152560/LibreOffice-Macro-Code-Execution.html
- https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2018-16858/
- http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/fileformat/libreoffice_macro_exec
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16858
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2130
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00059.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46727