openSUSE 42.3: 2018:0570-1 Important: freexl Heap Overflow Issue
opensuse
March 1, 2018
An update that fixes 5 vulnerabilities is now available.
Description
This update for freexl fixes the following issues:
freexl was updated to version 1.0.5:
* No changelog provided by upstream
* Various heapoverflows in 1.0.4 have been fixed:
* CVE-2018-7439: heap-buffer-overflow in freexl.c:3912
read_mini_biff_next_record (boo#1082774)
* CVE-2018-7438: heap-buffer-overflow in freexl.c:383
parse_unicode_string (boo#1082775)
* CVE-2018-7437: heap-buffer-overflow in freexl.c:1866
parse_SST(boo#1082776)
* CVE-2018-7436: heap-buffer-overflow in freexl.c:1805 parse_SST
parse_SST (boo#1082777)
* CVE-2018-7435: heap-buffer-overflow in freexl::destroy_cell
(boo#1082778)
Patch
Patch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE Leap 42.3:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2018-217=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List
- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (i586 x86_64):
freexl-debugsource-1.0.5-8.1
freexl-devel-1.0.5-8.1
libfreexl1-1.0.5-8.1
libfreexl1-debuginfo-1.0.5-8.1
References
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-7435.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-7436.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-7437.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-7438.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-7439.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1082774
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1082775
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1082776
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1082777
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1082778
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2018:0570-1
Rating: important
Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 42.3
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