Oracle Linux 7 : libreoffice (ELSA-2017-1975)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 102291

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2017:1975 :

An update for libreoffice is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

LibreOffice is an open source, community-developed office productivity suite. It includes key desktop applications, such as a word processor, a spreadsheet, a presentation manager, a formula editor, and a drawing program. LibreOffice replaces OpenOffice and provides a similar but enhanced and extended office suite.

Security Fix(es) :

* An out-of-bounds write flaw was found in the way Libreoffice rendered certain documents containing Polygon images. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted LibreOffice file, an attacker could possibly use this flaw to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user opening the file. (CVE-2017-7870)

Additional Changes :

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Solution

Update the affected libreoffice packages.

See Also

https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2017-August/007080.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 102291

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2017-1975.nasl

Version: 3.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/9/2017

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:autocorr-af, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:autocorr-bg, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:autocorr-ca, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:autocorr-cs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:autocorr-da, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:autocorr-de, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:autocorr-en, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:autocorr-es, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:autocorr-fa, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:autocorr-fi, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:autocorr-fr, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:autocorr-ga, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-ml, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-mr, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-nb, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-nl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-nn, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-nr, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-nso, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-or, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-pa, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-pl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-pt-br, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-pt-pt, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-ro, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-ru, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-si, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-sk, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-sl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-sr, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-ss, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-st, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-sv, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-ta, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-te, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-th, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-tn, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-tr, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-ts, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-uk, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-ve, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-xh, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-zh-hans, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-zh-hant, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:autocorr-hr, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:autocorr-hu, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:autocorr-is, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:autocorr-it, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:autocorr-ja, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:autocorr-ko, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:autocorr-lb, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:autocorr-lt, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:autocorr-mn, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:autocorr-nl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:autocorr-pl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:autocorr-pt, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:autocorr-ro, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:autocorr-ru, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:autocorr-sk, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:autocorr-sl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:autocorr-sr, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:autocorr-sv, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:autocorr-tr, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:autocorr-vi, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:autocorr-zh, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-base, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-bsh, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-calc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-draw, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-emailmerge, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-filters, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-gdb-debug-support, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-glade, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-graphicfilter, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-impress, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-af, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-ar, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-as, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-bg, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-bn, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-br, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-ca, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-cs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-cy, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-da, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-de, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-dz, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-el, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-en, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-es, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-et, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-eu, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-fa, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-fi, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-fr, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-ga, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-gl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-gu, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-he, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-hi, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-hr, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-hu, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-it, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-ja, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-kk, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-kn, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-ko, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-lt, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-lv, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-mai, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-wiki-publisher, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-writer, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-xsltfilter, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreofficekit, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreofficekit-devel, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-langpack-zu, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-librelogo, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-math, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-nlpsolver, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-officebean, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-ogltrans, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-opensymbol-fonts, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-pdfimport, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-postgresql, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-pyuno, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-rhino, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-sdk, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-sdk-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreoffice-ure

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/8/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/14/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-7870

RHSA: 2017:1975