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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-76181

🗓️ 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Heap buffer overflow in LibreOffice dBASE database driver allows DoS or code execution.

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circl
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CVE-2026-76181
5 Nov 202620:07
–circl
cve
CVE
CVE-2026-76181
5 Nov 202619:57
–cve
cvelist
Cvelist
CVE-2026-76181 Heap buffer overflow in dBASE index import
5 Nov 202619:57
–cvelist
debian
Debian
[SECURITY] [DSA 6615-1] libreoffice security update
7 Nov 202619:30
–debian
debiancve
Debian CVE
CVE-2026-76181
6 Nov 202614:50
–debiancve
euvd
EUVD
EUVD-2026-117767
5 Nov 202619:57
–euvd
nvd
NVD
CVE-2026-76181
5 Nov 202620:17
–nvd
osv_debian
osv_debian
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-76181
5 Nov 202620:17
–osv_debian
osv_echo
osv_echo
ECHO-054D-EADC-4A86
6 Nov 202621:48
–osv_echo
osv_ubuntu
osv_ubuntu
UBUNTU-CVE-2026-76181
6 Nov 202600:00
–osv_ubuntu
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  - LibreOffice includes a dBASE database driver, which reads dBASE tables and their .ndx index files when a
    folder of dBASE files is used as a data source. A heap buffer overflow existed when an index page was
    read. The number of entries recorded in a page was not checked against the number of entries the page
    could hold, which comes from a different field of the index header. A crafted index could also make a page
    refer back to itself, so that reading it recursed without end. In fixed versions the index header and the
    entry count of each page are limited to what an index page can hold, and a page that refers back to one of
    its parent pages is not followed. (CVE-2026-76181)

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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"agent", value:"unix");
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  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:U/RC:C");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:26.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:26.10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0");
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if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

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    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
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        "release": "12",
        "pkgs": [
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          {"reference": "libreoffice-sdbc-hsqldb"},
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          {"reference": "libreoffice-style-colibre"},
          {"reference": "libreoffice-style-elementary"},
          {"reference": "libreoffice-style-karasa-jaga"},
          {"reference": "libreoffice-style-sifr"},
          {"reference": "libreoffice-style-sukapura"},
          {"reference": "libreoffice-writer"},
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          {"reference": "python3-access2base"},
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          {"reference": "libreoffice-sdbc-hsqldb"},
          {"reference": "libreoffice-sdbc-mysql"},
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          {"reference": "libreoffice-style-elementary"},
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          {"reference": "libreoffice-style-sifr"},
          {"reference": "libreoffice-style-sukapura"},
          {"reference": "libreoffice-style-yaru"},
          {"reference": "libreoffice-uiconfig-base"},
          {"reference": "libreoffice-uiconfig-calc"},
          {"reference": "libreoffice-uiconfig-common"},
          {"reference": "libreoffice-writer"},
          {"reference": "libreoffice-writer-nogui"},
          {"reference": "python3-access2base"},
          {"reference": "python3-scriptforge"},
          {"reference": "python3-uno"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
};

var distro_constraints_values = linux_unpatched::get_distro_constraints(distro_constraints_arr:distro_constraints_array);
if (empty_or_null(distro_constraints_values)) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');

var third_party_support = get_kb_item('Host/OS/extended-third-party');
if (!empty_or_null(third_party_support)) {
    var third_party_vendors = distro_constraints_values['third_party'];
    if (!empty_or_null(third_party_vendors)) {
        var vendor;
        foreach vendor (third_party_vendors) {
            if (vendor == third_party_support) exit(0, 'A third party management patch is available for this vulnerability from ' + vendor + '.\n');
        }
    }
}

var report = linux_unpatched::check_unpatched_constraints(distro_constraints_values:distro_constraints_values);

if (!empty_or_null(report))
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : report
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
}

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