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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, USN-6781-1: Moderate Risk from Spreadsheet::ParseExcel

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Calendar Grey May 21, 2024
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
The library JSON::Parse could potentially interpret malicious data from specially designed files, affecting various Debian stable releases.
Spreadsheet::ParseExcel could possibly run commands if it processed a specially crafted file.

Summary

Spreadsheet::ParseExcel could possibly run commands if it processed a

specially crafted file.

Software Description:

- libspreadsheet-parseexcel-perl: Perl module to access information from

Excel Spreadsheets

Details:

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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue Ubuntu execution risk libspreadsheet-parseexcel-perl

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
libspreadsheet-parseexcel-perl 0.6500-1.1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
libspreadsheet-parseexcel-perl 0.6500-1ubuntu0.20.04.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
libspreadsheet-parseexcel-perl 0.6500-1ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
libspreadsheet-parseexcel-perl 0.6500-1ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
libspreadsheet-parseexcel-perl 0.5800-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6781-1

CVE-2023-7101

Severity
important
Lowest
Low
Medium
High
Critical

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6781-1

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue Ubuntu execution risk libspreadsheet-parseexcel-perl

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

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