============================================================================ 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: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2331-1 CVE-2014-3524 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/1:4.2.6.3-0ubuntu1