=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2331-1
September 02, 2014

libreoffice vulnerability
=========================================================================
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

LibreOffice Calc could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it
opened a specially crafted file.

Software Description:
- libreoffice: Office productivity suite

Details:

Rohan Durve and James Kettle discovered LibreOffice Calc sometimes allowed
for command injection when opening spreadsheets. If a user were tricked
into opening a crafted Calc spreadsheet, an attacker could exploit this to
run programs as your login.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  libreoffice-core                1:4.2.6.3-0ubuntu1

After a standard system update you need to restart LibreOffice to make
all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2331-1
  CVE-2014-3524

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/1:4.2.6.3-0ubuntu1




Ubuntu 2331-1: LibreOffice vulnerability

September 2, 2014
LibreOffice Calc could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: libreoffice-core 1:4.2.6.3-0ubuntu1 After a standard system update you need to restart LibreOffice to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2331-1

CVE-2014-3524

Severity
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2331-1

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/1:4.2.6.3-0ubuntu1

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