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Bug 1164733 - (CVE-2014-3693) CVE-2014-3693 libreoffice: Use-After-Free in socket manager of Impress Remote
CVE-2014-3693 libreoffice: Use-After-Free in socket manager of Impress Remote
Status: NEW
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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All Linux
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Assigned To: Red Hat Product Security
impact=moderate,public=20141105,repor...
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Depends On: 1164736 1167503
Blocks: 1121513 1160961
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Reported: 2014-11-17 04:19 EST by Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala
Modified: 2018-03-31 17:28 EDT (History)
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A use-after-free flaw was found in the "Remote Control" capabilities of the LibreOffice Impress application. An attacker could use this flaw to remotely execute code with the permissions of the user running LibreOffice Impress.
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Tracker ID Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2015:0377 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: libreoffice security, bug fix, and enhancement update 2015-03-05 08:48:57 EST

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Description Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2014-11-17 04:19:08 EST
As per upstream libreoffice advisory:

In LibreOffice 4.0.0 and later, a new feature was added for remote control capabilities in Impress. Users can run a smart phone
application to communicate with Impress over a custom protocol to switch slides and the like. By default whenever Impress is started, it immediately began listening on TCP port 1599 on all interfaces.

But there was a use after free bug in the code managing that port leaving LibreOffice vulnerable to  external attackers with access to that port where those external attackers could cause the deleted port manager to continue to process attacker supplied data.

All users are recommended to upgrade to LibreOffice 4.2.7 or 4.3.3.

The impress remote can be disabled by:

1. Open LibreOffice, go to "Tools -> Options..."
2. Select "LibreOffice Impress -> General"
3. Uncheck "Presentation -> Enable remote control"

External References:

http://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2014-3693
Comment 2 Murray McAllister 2014-11-24 18:51:11 EST
Created libreoffice tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1167503]
Comment 3 Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2014-11-26 01:46:17 EST
Statement:

This issue affects the versions of libreoffice as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact. A future update may address this issue.
Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2015-03-05 03:51:05 EST
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2015:0377 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0377.html

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