vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2023-7101: Security patch for perl-Spreadsheet-ParseExcel (ALAS-2024-1905)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Dec 24, 2023 | Jan 24, 2024 | May 21, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Dec 24, 2023
Added
Jan 24, 2024
Modified
May 21, 2025
Description
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.
Solution
amazon-linux-upgrade-perl-spreadsheet-parseexcel
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