USN-6877-1: LibreOffice vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 23.10

Packages

• libreoffice - Office productivity suite

Details

It was discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly performed TLS certificate
verification when the LibreOfficeKit library is being used by third-party
components. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain
sensitive information.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 24.04

• libreoffice - 4:24.2.4-0ubuntu0.24.04.2

Ubuntu 23.10

• libreoffice - 4:7.6.7-0ubuntu0.23.10.3

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2024-5261