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Bug 447380 (CVE-2012-5639)

Summary: app-office/{libreoffice,openoffice} {,-bin}: automatic opening of embedded external data (CVE-2012-5639)
Product: Gentoo Security Reporter: Agostino Sarubbo <ago>
Component: VulnerabilitiesAssignee: Gentoo Security <security>
Status: RESOLVED UPSTREAM    
Severity: minor CC: chithanh
Priority: Normal    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
URL: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=887416
See Also: https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=121493
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=447378
Whiteboard: B4 [noglsa]
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---
Bug Depends on:    
Bug Blocks: 447378, 447384    

Description Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev 2012-12-15 18:27:49 UTC
From $URL :

Timo Warns (Warns@Pre-Sense.DE) reported publicly that OpenOffice and
LibreOffice (as well as other Office Suites) fail to appropriately warn users
when a file with embedded content is opened. Additionally it is not possible
to disable the opening of embedded content within files. This can be used to
add tracking behavior to files or to deliver additional files that can
potentially exploit other security issues when parsed to the user.
Additionally if the file is converted (e.g. to a PDF) and then saved the
converted file may contain a direct copy of the embedded data, thus if
something sensitive if referenced (such as ~/.ssh/id_rsa) this information may
then be exposed if the resulting file is shared.
Comment 1 Kristian Fiskerstrand (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2014-06-29 14:39:49 UTC
LibreOffice states this is fixed in 4.2 by introducing a stealth mode: http://whatofhow.wordpress.com/2013/12/02/stealth-mode/ (from https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58295#c2 ). If that can be verified it is already stabilized.
Comment 2 Aaron Bauman (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2016-02-29 12:18:44 UTC
(In reply to Kristian Fiskerstrand from comment #1)
> LibreOffice states this is fixed in 4.2 by introducing a stealth mode:
> http://whatofhow.wordpress.com/2013/12/02/stealth-mode/ (from
> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58295#c2 ). If that can be
> verified it is already stabilized.

The option is there in app-office/libreoffice-bin-5.0.3.2.  Upstream has closed this as invalid due to lack of information.  Warn the user via ewarn or release a GLSA, thoughts?
Comment 3 Aaron Bauman (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2016-03-07 09:19:34 UTC
*** Bug 447378 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 Aaron Bauman (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2016-03-07 09:30:01 UTC
Per my previous comments and that of dilfridge from bug 447378 upstream has designed functionality to provide a "stealth mode" in the newest tree stable versions of libreoffice.  Upstream has closed this as WONTFIX.  No reply from maintainers regarding a warning for users.