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Debian DSA-3208-1 : freexl - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 82305

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

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.

Solution

Upgrade the freexl packages.

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.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/freexl

https://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3208

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 82305

File Name: debian_DSA-3208.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/30/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:freexl, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/29/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-2753, CVE-2015-2754, CVE-2015-2776

BID: 73330

DSA: 3208