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CVE-2024-5261

CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

Improper Certificate Validation vulnerability in LibreOffice "LibreOfficeKit" mode disables TLS certification verification LibreOfficeKit can be used for accessing LibreOffice functionality through C/C++. Typically this is used by third party components to reuse LibreOffice as a library to convert, view or otherwise interact with documents. LibreOffice internally makes use of "curl" to fetch remote resources such as images hosted on webservers. In affected versions of LibreOffice, when used in LibreOfficeKit mode only, then curl's TLS certification verification was disabled (CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER of false) In the fixed versions curl operates in LibreOfficeKit mode the same as in standard mode with CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER of true. This issue affects LibreOffice before version 24.2.4.

How to fix

Remediation Available
libreofficeDebian
Fixed in:4:24.2.4-1CVE-2024-5261
Fixed in:4:24.2.4-1CVE-2024-5261
libreofficeUbuntu
Fixed in:4:7.6.7-0ubuntu0.23.10.3USN-6877-1
Fixed in:4:24.2.4-0ubuntu0.24.04.2USN-6877-1
LibreOfficeWindows application
Affected:24.2.4Fixed in:24.2.4The Document Foundation

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.43%probability of exploitation in 30 days
34thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 34% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

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