USN-7228-1: LibreOffice vulnerabilities

USN-7228-1: LibreOffice vulnerabilities
27 January 2025

Several security issues were fixed in LibreOffice.

Releases
Ubuntu 24.10 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Packages
libreoffice - Office productivity suite

Details
Thomas Rinsma discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly handled paths when
processing embedded font files. If a user or automated system were tricked
into opening a specially crafted LibreOffice file, a remote attacker could
possibly use this issue to create arbitrary files ending with ”.ttf”.
(CVE-2024-12425)

Thomas Rinsma discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly handled certain
environment variables and INI file values. If a user or automated system
were tricked into opening a specially crafted LibreOffice file, a remote
attacker could possibly use this issue to exfiltrate sensitive information.
(CVE-2024-12426)

Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 24.10

• libreoffice - 4:24.8.4-0ubuntu0.24.10.2
  Ubuntu 24.04
• libreoffice - 4:24.2.7-0ubuntu0.24.04.2
  Ubuntu 22.04
• libreoffice - 1:7.3.7-0ubuntu0.22.04.8
  Ubuntu 20.04
• libreoffice - 1:6.4.7-0ubuntu0.20.04.13
  In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.