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Bug 1216042 - (CVE-2015-1774) CVE-2015-1774 libreoffice: HWP file filter vulnerability
CVE-2015-1774 libreoffice: HWP file filter vulnerability
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability (Show other bugs)
unspecified
All Linux
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Assigned To: Red Hat Product Security
impact=moderate,public=20150427,repor...
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Depends On: 1216044 1217464 1217466
Blocks: 1216045
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Reported: 2015-04-28 08:03 EDT by Martin Prpič
Modified: 2015-11-27 09:10 EST (History)
6 users (show)

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Fixed In Version: LibreOffice 4.3.7, LibreOffice 4.4.2, OpenOffice 4.1.2
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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A flaw was found in the way the LibreOffice HWP (Hangul Word Processor) file filter processed certain HWP documents. An attacker able to trick a user into opening a specially crafted HWP document could possibly use this flaw to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user opening that document.
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Last Closed: 2015-11-27 04:12:52 EST
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External Trackers
Tracker ID Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2015:1458 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: libreoffice security, bug fix, and enhancement update 2015-07-21 10:32:26 EDT

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Description Martin Prpič 2015-04-28 08:03:52 EDT
A flaw was found in the way LibreOffice processed certain HWP documents. An attacker able to trick a user into opening a specially crafted HWP document could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code on the system with the privileges of the user opening that document.

External References:

http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2015-1774.html
http://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2015-1774
Comment 1 Martin Prpič 2015-04-28 08:04:19 EDT
Created libreoffice tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1216044]
Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2015-04-29 09:04:59 EDT
libreoffice-4.3.7.2-3.fc21 has been pushed to the Fedora 21 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2015-05-10 19:44:31 EDT
libreoffice-4.2.8.2-8.fc20 has been pushed to the Fedora 20 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2015-07-22 02:19:19 EDT
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2015:1458 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1458.html

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