CVE-2015-4551

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2015-11-04
CWE:
CWE-787
Bugzilla:
1278812: CVE-2015-4551 libreoffice: Arbitrary file disclosure in Calc and Writer
It was discovered that LibreOffice did not properly restrict automatic link updates. By tricking a victim into opening specially crafted documents, an attacker could possibly use this flaw to disclose contents of files accessible by the victim.

Find out more about CVE-2015-4551 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 4.3
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (libreoffice) RHSA-2015:2619 2015-12-14
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (libreoffice) RHSA-2015:2619 2015-12-14

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 openoffice.org Will not fix

External References

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