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Fedora 27 : freexl (2017-ea4ed9e540)

high Nessus Plugin ID 105994

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This update fixes a Cisco Talos CVE :

'A specially crafted XLS file can cause a memory corruption resulting in remote code execution. An attacker can send malicious XLS file to trigger this vulnerability.'

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected freexl package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-ea4ed9e540

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 105994

File Name: fedora_2017-ea4ed9e540.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/15/2018

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:freexl, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:27

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 9/30/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/30/2017

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