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GLSA-202508-05 : Spreadsheet-ParseExcel: Arbitrary Code Execution

high Nessus Plugin ID 244059

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Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202508-05 (Spreadsheet-ParseExcel: Arbitrary Code Execution)

 A vulnerability has been discovered in Spreadsheet::ParseExcel. Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Gentoo Linux security advisory.

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

Solution

All Spreadsheet::ParseExcel users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=dev-perl/Spreadsheet-ParseExcel-0.660.0

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202508-05

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=920954

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 244059

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202508-05.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 8/6/2025

Updated: 8/6/2025

Supported Sensors: 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:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:spreadsheet-parseexcel

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/6/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/24/2023

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

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-7101