SB2017090117 - Fedora EPEL 6 update for freexl

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SB2017090117 - Fedora EPEL 6 update for freexl

Published: September 1, 2017 Updated: April 24, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2017090117
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 3
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 3 vulnerabilities.


1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-2753)

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green


The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

FreeXL before 1.0.0i allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted sector in a workbook.


2) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-2754)

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green


The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

FreeXL before 1.0.0i allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack corruption) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted workbook, related to a "premature EOF."


3) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-2776)

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green


The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.

The parse_SST function in FreeXL before 1.0.0i allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted shared strings table in a workbook.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References