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Ubuntu: USN-4821-1 (CVE-2017-5992): openpyxl vulnerability

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Ubuntu: USN-4821-1 (CVE-2017-5992): openpyxl vulnerability

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
02/15/2017
Created
03/29/2023
Added
03/22/2023
Modified
03/22/2023

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)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-python-openpyxl
  • ubuntu-upgrade-python3-openpyxl

References

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