Information Exposure Affecting libreoffice package, versions <1:5.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu1~xenial6


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
63.28% (99th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-LIBREOFFICE-341943
  • published1 May 2018
  • disclosed1 May 2018

Introduced: 1 May 2018

CVE-2018-10583  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (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.

An information disclosure vulnerability occurs when LibreOffice 6.0.3 and Apache OpenOffice Writer 4.1.5 automatically process and initiate an SMB connection embedded in a malicious file, as demonstrated by xlink:href=file://192.168.0.2/test.jpg within an office:document-content element in a .odt XML document.