<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="202003-64"> <title>libxls: Multiple vulnerabilities</title> <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libxls, the worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution of code. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">libxls</product> <announced>2020-03-30</announced> <revised count="1">2020-03-30</revised> <bug>638336</bug> <bug>674006</bug> <access>local, remote</access> <affected> <package name="dev-libs/libxls" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">1.5.2</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">1.5.2</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p>libxls is a C library for reading Excel files in the nasty old binary OLE format, plus a command-line tool for converting XLS to CSV. </p> </background> <description> <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libxls. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p>A remote attacker could entice a user to process a specially crafted Excel file using libxls, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> </workaround> <resolution> <p>All libxls users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/libxls-1.5.2" </code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12110">CVE-2017-12110</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12111">CVE-2017-12111</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2896">CVE-2017-2896</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2897">CVE-2017-2897</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2919">CVE-2017-2919</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20450">CVE-2018-20450</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20452">CVE-2018-20452</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2020-03-28T22:19:47Z">BlueKnight</metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2020-03-30T14:52:32Z">whissi</metadata> </glsa>