GLSA 201606-15: FreeXL: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	FreeXL: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	06/26/2016
Bugs:	#544426
ID:	201606-15

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in FreeXL, allowing remote attackers to executive arbitrary code or cause Denial of Service.

Background

FreeXL is an open source library to extract valid data from within an Excel (.xls) spreadsheet.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
dev-libs/freexl	< 1.0.1	>= 1.0.1	All supported architectures

Description

FreeXL’s shared strings and workbook functions are vulnerable to the remote execution of arbitrary code and Denial of Service. This can be achieved through specially crafted workbooks from attackers.

Impact

Remote attackers could potentially execute arbitrary code or cause Denial of Service.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All FreeXL users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "dev-libs/freexl-1.0.1"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201606-15.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.