<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="201606-15"> <title>FreeXL: Multiple vulnerabilities</title> <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in FreeXL, allowing remote attackers to executive arbitrary code or cause Denial of Service. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild"/> <announced>2016-06-26</announced> <revised count="1">2016-06-26</revised> <bug>544426</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="dev-libs/freexl" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">1.0.1</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">1.0.1</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p>FreeXL is an open source library to extract valid data from within an Excel (.xls) spreadsheet. </p> </background> <description> <p>FreeXL’s shared strings and workbook functions are vulnerable to the remote execution of arbitrary code and Denial of Service. This can be achieved through specially crafted workbooks from attackers. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p>Remote attackers could potentially execute arbitrary code or cause Denial of Service. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> </workaround> <resolution> <p>All FreeXL users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "dev-libs/freexl-1.0.1" </code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2753">CVE-2015-2753</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2754">CVE-2015-2754</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2776">CVE-2015-2776</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2016-03-16T12:15:29Z">b-man</metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2016-06-26T23:53:53Z">b-man</metadata> </glsa>