ubuntu-security-announce Digest, Vol 117, Issue 12

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Today's Topics:

1. [USN-2253-1] LibreOffice vulnerability (Marc Deslauriers)


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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 07:24:50 -0400
From: Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers@canonical.com>
To: ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: [USN-2253-1] LibreOffice vulnerability
Message-ID: <53A80E82.5000800@canonical.com>
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2253-1
June 23, 2014

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

- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

LibreOffice would unconditionally execute certain VBA macros.

Software Description:
- libreoffice: Office productivity suite

Details:

It was discovered that LibreOffice unconditionally executed certain VBA
macros, contrary to user expectations.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libreoffice-core 1:4.2.4-0ubuntu2

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

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2253-1
CVE-2014-0247

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/1:4.2.4-0ubuntu2


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