Debian DSA-4173-1 : r-cran-readxl - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 109065

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Synopsis

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

Description

Marcin Noga discovered multiple vulnerabilities in readxl, a GNU R package to read Excel files (via the integrated libxls library), which could result in the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed spreadsheet is processed.

Solution

Upgrade the r-cran-readxl packages.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 0.1.1-1+deb9u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 109065

File Name: debian_DSA-4173.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 4/17/2018

Updated: 10/31/2024

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

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-2919

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:r-cran-readxl

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/16/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-12110, CVE-2017-12111, CVE-2017-2896, CVE-2017-2897, CVE-2017-2919

DSA: 4173

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