USN-7504-1: LibreOffice vulnerability

Publication date

8 May 2025

Overview

LibreOffice could accept fraudulent digital signatures.


Packages

Details

Juraj Šarinay discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly handled verifying
PDF signatures. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
generate PDF files that appear to have a valid signature.

Juraj Šarinay discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly handled verifying
PDF signatures. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
generate PDF files that appear to have a valid signature.

Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
24.10 oracular libreoffice –  4:24.8.6-0ubuntu0.24.10.2
24.04 noble libreoffice –  4:24.2.7-0ubuntu0.24.04.4
22.04 jammy libreoffice –  1:7.3.7-0ubuntu0.22.04.10
20.04 focal libreoffice –  1:6.4.7-0ubuntu0.20.04.15

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