CVE-2023-6185: Improper input validation enabling arbitrary Gstreamer pipeline injection
First published: Mon Dec 11 2023(Updated: )
Improper Input Validation vulnerability in GStreamer integration of The Document Foundation LibreOffice allows an attacker to execute arbitrary GStreamer plugins. In affected versions the filename of the embedded video is not sufficiently escaped when passed to GStreamer enabling an attacker to run arbitrary gstreamer plugins depending on what plugins are installed on the target system.
Credit: security@documentfoundation.org security@documentfoundation.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Libreoffice Libreoffice | >=7.5.0<7.5.9 | |
| Libreoffice Libreoffice | >=7.6.0<7.6.3 | |
| Fedoraproject Fedora | =38 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =11.0 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =12.0 | |
| redhat/LibreOffice | <7.5.9 | 7.5.9 |
| redhat/LibreOffice | <7.6.4 | 7.6.4 |
| debian/libreoffice | 1:7.0.4-4+deb11u10 4:7.4.7-1+deb12u4 4:24.2.5-4 4:24.2.6-1 | |
| The Document Foundation LibreOffice | >=7.5.0<7.5.9 | |
| The Document Foundation LibreOffice | >=7.6.0<7.6.3 |
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Reference Links
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5574
- https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2023-6185
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QB7UB6CTWQUDOE657OVVRSDYUY3IPBJG/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00026.html
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2023-6185
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=2254004
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1480
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1512
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1514
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1513
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3304
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3835
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2254003
- https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2023-6185/
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-6185
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-6185
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6185
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-6185
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