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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3976-1 (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
Marcin Icewall Noga of Cisco Talos discovered two vulnerabilities in freexl, a library to read Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, which might result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed Excel file is opened.
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 the oldstable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 1.0.0g-1+deb8u4. For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 1.0.2-2+deb9u1. For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 1.0.4-1. We recommend that you upgrade your freexl packages.