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Fedora 38 : perl-Spreadsheet-ParseExcel (2023-84d3cc47b1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 187669

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 38 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-84d3cc47b1 advisory.

 - Spreadsheet::ParseExcel version 0.65 is a Perl module used for parsing Excel files.
 Spreadsheet::ParseExcel is vulnerable to an arbitrary code execution (ACE) vulnerability due to passing unvalidated input from a file into a string-type eval. Specifically, the issue stems from the evaluation of Number format strings (not to be confused with printf-style format strings) within the Excel parsing logic. (CVE-2023-7101)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected perl-Spreadsheet-ParseExcel package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-84d3cc47b1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 187669

File Name: fedora_2023-84d3cc47b1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/7/2024

Updated: 1/10/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-7101

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:38, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:perl-spreadsheet-parseexcel

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/30/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/24/2023

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 1/23/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-7101