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SUSE: CVE-2017-5992: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2017-5992: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
02/15/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
01/16/2018
Modified
02/24/2018

Description

Openpyxl 2.4.1 resolves external entities by default, which allows remote attackers to conduct XXE attacks via a crafted .xlsx document.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-python-openpyxl
  • suse-upgrade-python3-openpyxl

References

  • CVE-2017-5992

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