MGASA-2019-0102

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    MGASA-2019-0102

    Published: 22 Feb 2019Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-16858

    Summary: Updated libreoffice packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: Alex Infuehr discovered a directory traversal vulnerability which could result in the execution of Python script code when opening a malformed document (CVE-2018-16858). The libreoffice package has been updated to version 6.1.5.2, fixing this issue, and including several other bug fixes and enhancements. Several supporting library packages have been updated as well. Here's the list of improvements from 5.3 to 6.1: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/5.4 https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/6.0 https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/6.1

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0102.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24309, https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2018-16858/, https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4381

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libabw

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/libabw?arch=source&distro=mageia-6

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.1.2-1.mga6

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High