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Fedora 39 : perl-Spreadsheet-ParseExcel (2023-921f6975c2)

high Nessus Plugin ID 187671

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 39 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-921f6975c2 advisory.

 Fix for CVE-2023-7101 (unvalidated input can lead to arbitrary code execution vulnerability).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected perl-Spreadsheet-ParseExcel package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-921f6975c2

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 187671

File Name: fedora_2023-921f6975c2.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/7/2024

Updated: 11/14/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-7101

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.2

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:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:39, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:perl-spreadsheet-parseexcel

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/30/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/24/2023

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 1/23/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-7101