Debian Security Advisory

DSA-3837-1 libreoffice -- security update

Date Reported:
27 Apr 2017
Affected Packages:
libreoffice
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2017-7870.
More information:

It was discovered that a buffer overflow in processing Windows Metafiles may result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed document is opened.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1:4.3.3-2+deb8u7.

For the upcoming stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1:5.2.5-1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1:5.2.5-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libreoffice packages.