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CVE-2023-1183 (GCVE-0-2023-1183)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-07-10 15:04 – Updated: 2025-02-13 16:39
VLAI
Title
Arbitrary file write
Summary
A flaw was found in the Libreoffice package. An attacker can craft an odb containing a "database/script" file with a SCRIPT command where the contents of the file could be written to a new file whose location was determined by the attacker.
Severity
5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a libreoffice Unaffected: 7.4.6
Unaffected: 7.5.1
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6     cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
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Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7     cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
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Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8     cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
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Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9     cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
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Date Public
2023-06-19 00:00
Credits
Red Hat would like to thank Gregor Kopf (Secfault Security GmbH) for reporting this issue.
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