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Debian LTS Advisory ([SECURITY] [DLA 1297-1] freexl security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
Leon reported five heap-based buffer-overflow vulnerabilities in FreeXL. CVE-2018-7435 There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the freexl::destroy_cell function. CVE-2018-7436 There is a heap-based buffer over-read in a pointer dereference of the parse_SST function. CVE-2018-7437 There is a heap-based buffer over-read in a memcpy call of the parse_SST function. CVE-2018-7438 There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the parse_unicode_string function. CVE-2018-7439 There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the function read_mini_biff_next_record.
Affected Software
Affected Software
freexl on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 1.0.0b-1+deb7u5. We recommend that you upgrade your freexl packages.