vulnerability

Ubuntu: USN-6781-1 (CVE-2023-7101): Spreadsheet::ParseExcel vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
12/24/2023
Added
05/28/2024
Modified
02/20/2025

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

ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libspreadsheet-parseexcel-perl
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