From: | Sam James <sam@g.o> |
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To: | gentoo-announce@l.g.o |
Subject: | [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 202007-44 ] FreeXL: Multiple vulnerabilities |
Date: | Mon, 27 Jul 2020 01:02:12 |
Message-Id: | E5E82B4E-FA55-44AC-BBC1-A2BAACAA8123@gentoo.org |
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2 | Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202007-44 |
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7 | Severity: Normal |
8 | Title: FreeXL: Multiple vulnerabilities |
9 | Date: July 27, 2020 |
10 | Bugs: #648700 |
11 | ID: 202007-44 |
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15 | Synopsis |
16 | ======== |
17 | |
18 | Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in FreeXL, the worst of which |
19 | could result in a Denial of Service condition. |
20 | |
21 | Background |
22 | ========== |
23 | |
24 | FreeXL is an open source library to extract valid data from within an |
25 | Excel (.xls) spreadsheet. |
26 | |
27 | Affected packages |
28 | ================= |
29 | |
30 | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
31 | Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
32 | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
33 | 1 dev-libs/freexl < 1.0.5 >= 1.0.5 |
34 | |
35 | Description |
36 | =========== |
37 | |
38 | Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in FreeXL. Please review |
39 | the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. |
40 | |
41 | Impact |
42 | ====== |
43 | |
44 | Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details. |
45 | |
46 | Workaround |
47 | ========== |
48 | |
49 | There is no known workaround at this time. |
50 | |
51 | Resolution |
52 | ========== |
53 | |
54 | All FreeXL users should upgrade to the latest version: |
55 | |
56 | # emerge --sync |
57 | # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/freexl-1.0.5" |
58 | |
59 | References |
60 | ========== |
61 | |
62 | [ 1 ] CVE-2018-7435 |
63 | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7435 |
64 | [ 2 ] CVE-2018-7436 |
65 | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7436 |
66 | [ 3 ] CVE-2018-7437 |
67 | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7437 |
68 | [ 4 ] CVE-2018-7438 |
69 | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7438 |
70 | [ 5 ] CVE-2018-7439 |
71 | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7439 |
72 | |
73 | Availability |
74 | ============ |
75 | |
76 | This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
77 | the Gentoo Security Website: |
78 | |
79 | https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-44 |
80 | |
81 | Concerns? |
82 | ========= |
83 | |
84 | Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
85 | confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost |
86 | importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
87 | security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
88 | https://bugs.gentoo.org. |
89 | |
90 | License |
91 | ======= |
92 | |
93 | Copyright 2020 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
94 | belongs to its owner(s). |
95 | |
96 | The contents of this document are licensed under the |
97 | Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
98 | |
99 | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |
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