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openSUSE Security Update : freexl (openSUSE-2018-217)

high Nessus Plugin ID 107113

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for freexl fixes the following issues :

freexl was updated to version 1.0.5 :

 - No changelog provided by upstream

 - Various heapoverflows in 1.0.4 have been fixed :

 - CVE-2018-7439: heap-buffer-overflow in freexl.c:3912 read_mini_biff_next_record (boo#1082774)

 - CVE-2018-7438: heap-buffer-overflow in freexl.c:383 parse_unicode_string (boo#1082775)

 - CVE-2018-7437: heap-buffer-overflow in freexl.c:1866 parse_SST(boo#1082776)

 - CVE-2018-7436: heap-buffer-overflow in freexl.c:1805 parse_SST parse_SST (boo#1082777)

 - CVE-2018-7435: heap-buffer-overflow in freexl::destroy_cell (boo#1082778)

Solution

Update the affected freexl packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1082774

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1082775

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1082776

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1082777

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1082778

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 107113

File Name: openSUSE-2018-217.nasl

Version: 3.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/2/2018

Updated: 10/27/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-7439

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:freexl-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libfreexl1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libfreexl1-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:freexl-devel, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/1/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/23/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-7435, CVE-2018-7436, CVE-2018-7437, CVE-2018-7438, CVE-2018-7439