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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201606-15
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: FreeXL: Multiple vulnerabilities
     Date: June 26, 2016
     Bugs: #544426
       ID: 201606-15

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in FreeXL, allowing remote
attackers to executive arbitrary code or cause Denial of Service.

Background
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FreeXL is an open source library to extract valid data from within an
Excel (.xls) spreadsheet.

Affected packages
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     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
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  1  dev-libs/freexl              < 1.0.1                    >= 1.0.1 

Description
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FreeXL's shared strings and workbook functions are vulnerable to the
remote execution of arbitrary code and Denial of Service.  This can be
achieved through specially crafted workbooks from attackers.

Impact
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Remote attackers could potentially execute arbitrary code or cause
Denial of Service.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All FreeXL users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "dev-libs/freexl-1.0.1"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2015-2753
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2753
[ 2 ] CVE-2015-2754
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2754
[ 3 ] CVE-2015-2776
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2776

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-15

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2016 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

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