Description
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.
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Remediation
No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.
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Tracking
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
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Debian DLA |
DLA-1669-1 | libreoffice security update |
Debian DLA |
DLA-1947-1 | libreoffice security update |
Debian DSA |
DSA-4381-1 | libreoffice security update |
Debian DSA |
DSA-4501-1 | libreoffice security update |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-3883-1 | LibreOffice vulnerabilities |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T10:32:54.146Z
Reserved: 2018-09-11T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2018-16858
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Status : Modified
Published: 2019-03-25T18:29:00.463
Modified: 2024-11-21T03:53:27.727
Link: CVE-2018-16858
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Debian DLA
Debian DSA
Ubuntu USN