==========================================================================
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6781-1
May 21, 2024<\/p>\n
libspreadsheet-parseexcel-perl vulnerability
==========================================================================<\/p>\n
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:<\/p>\n
– Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 14.04 LTS<\/p>\n
Summary:<\/p>\n
Spreadsheet::ParseExcel could possibly run commands if it processed a
specially crafted file.<\/p>\n
Software Description:
– libspreadsheet-parseexcel-perl: Perl module to access information from
Excel Spreadsheets<\/p>\n
Details:<\/p>\n
Le Dinh Hai discovered that Spreadsheet::ParseExcel was passing
unvalidated input from a file into a string-type “eval”. An attacker
could craft a malicious file to achieve arbitrary code execution.<\/p>\n
Update instructions:<\/p>\n
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:<\/p>\n
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
libspreadsheet-parseexcel-perl 0.6500-1.1ubuntu0.1<\/p>\n
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
libspreadsheet-parseexcel-perl 0.6500-1ubuntu0.20.04.1<\/p>\n
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
libspreadsheet-parseexcel-perl 0.6500-1ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro<\/p>\n
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
libspreadsheet-parseexcel-perl 0.6500-1ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro<\/p>\n
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
libspreadsheet-parseexcel-perl 0.5800-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro<\/p>\n
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.<\/p>\n
References:
https:\/\/ubuntu.com\/security\/notices\/USN-6781-1
CVE-2023-7101<\/p>\n
Package Information:
https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/libspreadsheet-parseexcel-perl\/0.6500-1.1ubuntu0.1
https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/libspreadsheet-parseexcel-perl\/0.6500-1ubuntu0.20.04.1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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