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Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4129-1 freexl -- security update

Date Reported:

02 Mar 2018

Affected Packages:

freexl

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2018-7435, CVE-2018-7436, CVE-2018-7437, CVE-2018-7438, CVE-2018-7439.

More information:

Multiple heap buffer over reads were discovered in freexl, a library to read Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, which could result in denial of service.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 1.0.0g-1+deb8u5.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 1.0.2-2+deb9u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your freexl packages.

For the detailed security status of freexl please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/freexl