vulnerability
SUSE: CVE-2020-27819: SUSE Linux Security Advisory
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Feb 23, 2021 | Jun 1, 2021 | Oct 22, 2021 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Feb 23, 2021
Added
Jun 1, 2021
Modified
Oct 22, 2021
Description
An issue was discovered in libxls before and including 1.6.1 when reading Microsoft Excel files. A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists when parsing XLS cells in libxls/xls2csv.c:199. It could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via crafted XLS file.
Solutions
suse-upgrade-libxls-develsuse-upgrade-libxls-toolssuse-upgrade-libxlsreader8
References
Rapid7 Labs
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