Libre Office Improper Certificate Validation vulnerability (July-2024) - Linux. TLS certificate not properly verified when using LibreOfficeKit. Allows man-in-the-middle attacks
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 25 |
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![]() | CVE-2024-5261 TLS certificate are not properly verified when utilizing LibreOfficeKit | 25 Jun 202412:44 | – | cvelist |
![]() | CVE-2024-5261 | 25 Jun 202413:15 | – | alpinelinux |
![]() | SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : libreoffice (SUSE-SU-2024:3576-1) | 11 Oct 202400:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : libreoffice (SUSE-SU-2024:3577-1) | 11 Oct 202400:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Ubuntu 23.10 / 24.04 LTS : LibreOffice vulnerability (USN-6877-1) | 4 Jul 202400:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | SUSE-SU-2024:3577-1 Security update for libreoffice | 10 Oct 202404:36 | – | osv |
![]() | SUSE-SU-2024:3576-1 Security update for libreoffice | 10 Oct 202404:15 | – | osv |
![]() | OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14186-1 libreoffice-24.2.5.2-1.1 on GA media | 14 Jul 202400:00 | – | osv |
![]() | USN-6877-1 libreoffice vulnerability | 4 Jul 202413:18 | – | osv |
![]() | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-5261 | 25 Jun 202413:15 | – | osv |
Source | Link |
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libreoffice | www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2024-5261 |
feedly | www.feedly.com/cve/CVE-2024-5261 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:libreoffice:libreoffice";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.834217");
script_version("2024-07-25T05:05:41+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2024-5261");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"10.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-07-25 05:05:41 +0000 (Thu, 25 Jul 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2024-07-03 11:20:09 +0530 (Wed, 03 Jul 2024)");
script_name("LibreOffice Improper Certificate Validation Vulnerability (Jul 2024) - Linux");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"LibreOffice is prone to an improper
certificate validation vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present
on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw exists due to TLS certificate
is not properly verified when utilizing LibreOfficeKit.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation allows an attacker
to perform man-in-the-middle attacks, potentially intercepting or modifying
data transmitted between LibreOffice (when used in LibreOfficeKit mode) and
remote servers.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"LibreOffice prior to version 24.2.4 on
Linux.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 24.2.4 or later.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version_unreliable");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2024-5261");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://feedly.com/cve/CVE-2024-5261");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2024 Greenbone AG");
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("secpod_libre_office_detect_lin.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("LibreOffice/Linux/Ver");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if(!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe:CPE, exit_no_version:TRUE))
exit(0);
version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];
if(version_is_less(version:version, test_version:"24.2.4")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:version, fixed_version:"24.2.4", install_path:location);
security_message(port:0, data:report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
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