glsa-202003-64.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="202003-64">
  <title>libxls: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
  <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libxls, the worst of
    which could result in the arbitrary execution of code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">libxls</product>
  <announced>2020-03-30</announced>
  <revised count="1">2020-03-30</revised>
  <bug>638336</bug>
  <bug>674006</bug>
  <access>local, remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="dev-libs/libxls" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.5.2</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.5.2</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>libxls is a C library for reading Excel files in the nasty old binary
      OLE format, plus a command-line tool for converting XLS to CSV.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libxls. Please review
      the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A remote attacker could entice a user to process a specially crafted
      Excel file using libxls, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary
      code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All libxls users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=dev-libs/libxls-1.5.2"
    </code>
    
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12110">CVE-2017-12110</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12111">CVE-2017-12111</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2896">CVE-2017-2896</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2897">CVE-2017-2897</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2919">CVE-2017-2919</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20450">CVE-2018-20450</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20452">CVE-2018-20452</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2020-03-28T22:19:47Z">BlueKnight</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2020-03-30T14:52:32Z">whissi</metadata>
</glsa>