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Debian: DSA-3310-1 Critical: freexl Integer Overflow Causes DoS

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Calendar Grey July 19, 2015
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Ubuntu's SECURITY-1234-5 enhances libxml2 to resolve a buffer overflow vulnerability that could lead to DoS attacks involving XML data.
It was discovered that an integer overflow in freexl, a library to parse Microsoft Excel spreadsheets may result in denial of service if a malformed Excel file is opened
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Summary

It was discovered that an integer overflow in freexl, a library to parse
Microsoft Excel spreadsheets may result in denial of service if a
malformed Excel file is opened.

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed
in version 1.0.0b-1+deb7u2.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.0.0g-1+deb8u2.

For the testing distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed
in version 1.0.2-1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.0.2-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your freexl packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: freexl
CVE ID: not yet available

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