Bug 1454598

Summary: [fix available] LibreOffice Writer crashes when selecting a bullet or numbering type from toolbar
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Reporter: Yuki Okada <yuokada>
Component: libreofficeAssignee: Caolan McNamara <caolanm>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Desktop QE <desktop-qa-list>
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Version: 7.3CC: ayadav, bsanford, d.bell, dtardon, jkoten, lmiksik
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Fixed In Version: libreoffice-5.0.6.2-12.el7 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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Description Yuki Okada 2017-05-23 07:04:51 UTC
Description of problem:
When pushing the down arrow button which is next to the "Bullets ON/OFF"
or "Numbering ON/OFF", and selecting a  bullet or numbering, LibreOffice
Writer crashes.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
5.0.6.2

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open a new LibreOffice Writer document
2. Click the down arrow button next to the "Bullets ON/OFF" or "Numbering ON/OFF" button
3. Select a bullet or numbering

Actual results:
LibreOffice Writer crashes

Expected results:
The bullet or numbering format changes

Additional info:
There is an upstream bug report.

99915 – Formatting: Selecting a new bullet type from toolbar or sidebar menus causes a crash.
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=99915

From the report, this issue is fixed in the later version, and the upstream commit is as follows.

https://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=027c836915deadc901920d84b2718f9617caea0e

The workaround is changing a bullet or numbering format from the menu "Format" -> "Bullets and Numbering".

Comment 7 Bill Sanford 2017-06-13 15:46:26 UTC
Verified with RHEL-7.4-20170608.3 & libreoffice-5.0.6.2-12.el7

Comment 8 Bill Sanford 2017-06-13 15:46:38 UTC
Verified with RHEL-7.4-20170608.3 & libreoffice-5.0.6.2-12.el7

Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2017-08-01 12:21:15 UTC
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1975