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Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-5607-03
Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-5607-03 - An update for libreoffice is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support.
The following advisory data is extracted from:https://access.redhat.com/security/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2024/rhsa-2024_5607.jsonRed Hat officially shut down their mailing list notifications October 10, 2023. Due to this, Packet Storm has recreated the below data as a reference point to raise awareness. It must be noted that due to an inability to easily track revision updates without crawling Red Hat's archive, these advisories are single notifications and we strongly suggest that you visit the Red Hat provided links to ensure you have the latest information available if the subject matter listed pertains to your environment.- Packet Storm Staff====================================================================Red Hat Security AdvisorySynopsis: Moderate: libreoffice security updateAdvisory ID: RHSA-2024:5607-03Product: Red Hat Enterprise LinuxAdvisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:5607Issue date: 2024-08-20Revision: 03CVE Names: CVE-2024-6472====================================================================Summary: An update for libreoffice is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.Description:LibreOffice is an open source, community-developed office productivity suite. It includes key desktop applications, such as a word processor, a spreadsheet, a presentation manager, a formula editor, and a drawing program. LibreOffice replaces OpenOffice and provides a similar but enhanced and extended office suite.Security Fix(es):* libreoffice: bility to trust not validated macro signatures removed in high security mode (CVE-2024-6472)For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.Solution:https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258CVEs:CVE-2024-6472References:https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
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Debian Linux Security Advisory 5737-1 - If LibreOffice failed to validate a signed macro, it displayed a warning but still allowed execution of the script after printing a warning. Going forward in high macro security mode such macros are now disabled.