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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2021-033a5fe9e5
2021-11-24 01:17:50.947076
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Name        : libxls
Product     : Fedora 35
Version     : 1.6.2
Release     : 5.fc35
URL         : https://github.com/libxls/libxls
Summary     : Read binary Excel files from C/C++
Description :
This is libxls, a C library for reading Excel files in the old binary OLE
format, plus a command-line tool for converting XLS to CSV (named,
appropriately enough, libxls2csv).

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Update Information:

Security fix for CVE-2021-27836
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ChangeLog:

* Tue Nov 16 2021 Elliott Sales de Andrade  1.6.2-5
- Fix release
* Tue Nov 16 2021 Elliott Sales de Andrade  1.6.2-5
- Fix CVE-2021-27836 (#2023409)
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #2023408 - CVE-2021-27836 libxls: a denial of service via a crafted XLS file
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2023408
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
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line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at
https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label

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Fedora 35: libxls 2021-033a5fe9e5

November 23, 2021
Security fix for CVE-2021-27836

Summary

This is libxls, a C library for reading Excel files in the old binary OLE

format, plus a command-line tool for converting XLS to CSV (named,

appropriately enough, libxls2csv).

Update Information:

Security fix for CVE-2021-27836

Change Log

* Tue Nov 16 2021 Elliott Sales de Andrade 1.6.2-5 - Fix release * Tue Nov 16 2021 Elliott Sales de Andrade 1.6.2-5 - Fix CVE-2021-27836 (#2023409)

References

[ 1 ] Bug #2023408 - CVE-2021-27836 libxls: a denial of service via a crafted XLS file https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2023408

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2021-033a5fe9e5' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label

Severity
Name : libxls
Product : Fedora 35
Version : 1.6.2
Release : 5.fc35
URL : https://github.com/libxls/libxls
Summary : Read binary Excel files from C/C++

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