[Cucumber-linux-security] libreoffice (security update is available)

[Scott C. <sc...@cu...>]

  Update Information

A security update is available for libreoffice for the following
versions of Cucumber Linux:

  * 1.0
  * 1.1 Beta

Here are the details from the Cucumber 1.0 changelog:

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Thu Feb 22 12:06:46 EST 2018
xapps-general/libreoffice rebuilt (build 2) to fix CVE-2018-6871, a security
	vulnerability which could allow a remote attacker to read the contents
	of arbitrary files if the user opened a specially crafted Calc       
	spreadsheet. A spreadsheet object could also be embedded into any other
	LibreOffice format, allowing for exploitation via any LibreOffice       
	format. This vulnerability may also be known as CVE-2018-1055. For more
	information see:
		http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=286
		https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6871
		https://github.com/jollheef/libreoffice-remote-arbitrary-file-disclosure/blob/master/README.md
* SECURITY FIX *
+----------------+

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  CLD and CVE Information

This update is associated with the following Cucumber Linux Deficiency
(CLD) and CVE numbers:

  * CLD-286 [CVE-2018-6871]
    (http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=286)

More information about these CLDs can be found at their respective pages
on the Cucumber Linux Security Advisory Tracker (these are the URLs in
parenthesis above).

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  Installing the Update

The updated package can be installed via Pickle by running the following
commands (as root):

# pickle --update
# pickle

Make sure libreoffice is selected on the update list, and then select
Ok. Pickle will then install the updated package.

If you prefer to download the updated package manually, it can be found
on the mirror at http://mirror.cucumberlinux.com/cucumber/.

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