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openSUSE Security Update : libxls (openSUSE-2021-812)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 150088
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Synopsis
The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.Description
This update for libxls fixes the following issues :libxsl was updated to release 1.6.2 :
- Fix NULL pointer dereferences in the xls2csv tool [boo#1179532] [CVE-2020-27819]
Update to release 1.6.1
- Enabled decoding of non-Unicode character sets in older (BIFF5) XLS files.
- Improved string conversion performance in newer files.
update to 1.5.3 :
- Allow truncated XLS files
- Fix long-standing 'extra column' bug #73
- Support for RSTRING records (rich-text cells in older BIFF5 files) tidyverse/readxl#611
Solution
Update the affected libxls packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 150088
File Name: openSUSE-2021-812.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 6/1/2021
Updated: 12/28/2023
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.2
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-27819
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.5
Temporal Score: 4.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxlsreader8, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxlsreader8-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxls-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxls-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxls-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxls-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxls-tools-debuginfo
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 5/30/2021
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/23/2021
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2020-27819