CVE-2015-4551

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LibreOffice before 4.4.5 and Apache OpenOffice before 4.1.2 uses the stored LinkUpdateMode configuration information in

LibreOffice before 4.4.5 and Apache OpenOffice before 4.1.2 uses the stored LinkUpdateMode configuration information in OpenDocument Format files and templates when handling links, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted document, which embeds data from local files into (1) Calc or (2) Writer.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 EPSS 0.07753

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Weakness Classification

CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

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Affected Products & Versions

libreoffice<= 4.4.4
canonical ubuntu linuxall versions
debian linuxall versions
apache openoffice<= 4.1.1

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4.3

MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org

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v2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Published to NVD10 Nov 2015 · 05:59 PM

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Vendor Advisories

suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10006-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2016:0324-1
usnUSN-2793-1
rhsaRHSA-2015:2619Moderate
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:1915-1

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2619.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3394Third Party Advisory

http://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2015-4551/Vendor Advisory

http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2015-4551.htmlVendor Advisory

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77486Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034085Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034091Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2793-1Third Party Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-05Third Party Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-03Third Party Advisory

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