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SUSE: CVE-2021-27836: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2021-27836: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
11/03/2021
Created
10/26/2022
Added
10/26/2022
Modified
10/26/2022

Description

An issue was discoverered in in function xls_getWorkSheet in xls.c in libxls 1.6.2, allows attackers to cause a denial of service, via a crafted XLS file.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-libxls-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libxls-tools
  • suse-upgrade-libxlsreader8

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