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by jjaakkol
Tue Dec 09, 2025 2:51 pm
Forum: FreeOffice 2024 for Linux (General)
Topic: Freeoffice 2024 .deb postinst script is broken and dangerous
Replies: 1
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Re: Freeoffice 2024 .deb postinst script is broken and dangerous

Apparently the installer overwrote all system office document icons with its own. That is not nice.
by jjaakkol
Tue Dec 09, 2025 2:41 pm
Forum: FreeOffice 2024 for Linux (General)
Topic: Freeoffice 2024 .deb postinst script is broken and dangerous
Replies: 1
Views: 6381

Freeoffice 2024 .deb postinst script is broken and dangerous

Greetings from University of Helsinki! I am a Linux admin here.

Our users requested that I install FreeOffice 2024 in our Linux hosts. I installed the deb package and found out that the install script:

- Creates files in /tmp with known paths, which is a security hole if users precreate symlinks ...

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