========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6781-1 May 21, 2024
libspreadsheet-parseexcel-perl vulnerability ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 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.
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 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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