Debian DSA-3976-1 : freexl - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 103261

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

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.

Solution

Upgrade the freexl packages.

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 103261

File Name: debian_DSA-3976.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 9/18/2017

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:freexl, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 9/17/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-2923, CVE-2017-2924

DSA: 3976

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