RHBA-2014:1423 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated libreoffice packages that fix several bugs are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.

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.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Previously, after including an audio file in a LibreOffice Impress

presentation, this file was displayed as a gray square. With this update, an
upstream patch has been backported to fix this bug. As a result, audio files are
no longer displayed as a gray square in Impress presentations. (BZ#1012379)

• Prior to this update, when including an audio or video file to a LibreOffice

Impress presentation, a message informing about a failed "
rxAccessible.get() != NULL" assertion was displayed. Apart from this message,
the file was imported correctly and the LibreOffice Impress application worked
as expected. An upstream patch has been backported to correct this behavior, and
the aforementioned message is no longer displayed. (BZ#1012390)

• Previously, when typing into a text box in a LibreOffice Impress presentation

using any Indic locale, the text was not displayed until pressing the Backspace
key. This bug has been fixed, and Indic fonts are now displayed immediately as
the text is inserted. (BZ#1020712)

• For certain Indic locales, such as Odia, the drop-down lists from the main bar

overlapped with the main menu bar, which restricted navigating LibreOffice
applications. This bug has been fixed, and the aforementioned problem no longer
occurs. (BZ#1021915)

• In a previous release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, the libreoffice packages

no longer obsoleted the openoffice packages, which created several conflicts
when trying to download both sets of packages. With this update, libreoffice has
been modified to obsolete openoffice again, thus preventing the conflicts.
(BZ#1035298)

• Prior to this update, LibreOffice applications did not automatically recognize

new printers created on a local print server while LibreOffice was running. With
this update, the libreoffice packages have been modified, and now it is possible
to work around this problem. To do so, open the "Printer settings" dialog
window, and than close it. This operation refreshes the list of available
printers. (BZ#1038189)

• Previously, LibreOffice applications did not correctly render imported RTF

files written in a non-English language. An upstream patch has been backported
to fix this bug. (BZ#1065629)

• Previously, the libreoffice packages incorrectly provided the liblcms2.so.2

package. With this update, libreoffice has been modified to provide the correct
set of packages. (BZ#1085420)

• Previously, LibreOffice applications did not correctly handle multiple UNO

connections. Consequently, LibreOffice terminated unexpectedly when multiple
Univarsal Network Object (UNO) connections were open. With this update, an
upstream patch has been backported to fix this bug. As a result, LibreOffice no
longer crashes when more UNO connections are open. (BZ#1097646)

• Previously, LibreOffice applications failed to export charts to SVG format.

Attempting to do so resulted in an empty SVG file. This bug has been fixed, and
charts are now exported correctly from LibreOffice applications. (BZ#1131428)

Users of libreoffice are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix
these bugs.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 1012379 - [fix available] sound file included in presentation displayed as a gray sqaure
• BZ - 1012390 - [fix available] (soffice:6124): CRITICAL **: AtkObject* atk_object_wrapper_ref
• BZ - 1035298 - [fix available] Transaction check errors due to file conflicts
• BZ - 1038189 - [fix available] libreoffice does not recognize new printer
• BZ - 1065629 - [fix available] RTF import probable regression with non-english BigMachines exports
• BZ - 1085420 - [fix available] LO incorrectly provides liblcms2.so.2
• BZ - 1097646 - [fix available] libreoffice crashes with multiple UNO connections
• BZ - 1130264 - [abrt][fix available] libreoffice-core-4.0.4.2-13.el6: Process /usr/lib64/libreoffice/program/soffice.bin was killed by signal 11 (SIGSEGV)
• BZ - 1131428 - [fix available] Failed to export chart as SVG

CVEs

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References

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