Security Information / 2015 / Security Information -- DSA-3208-1 freexl

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-3208-1 freexl -- security update

Date Reported:

29 Mar 2015

Affected Packages:

freexl

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2015-2753, CVE-2015-2754, CVE-2015-2776.

More information:

Jodie Cunningham discovered multiple vulnerabilities in freexl, a library to read Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, which might result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed Excel file is opened.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 1.0.0b-1+deb7u1.

For the upcoming stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 1.0.0g-1+deb8u1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 1.0.0g-1+deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your freexl packages.