libxls: Multiple vulnerabilities

libxls: Multiple vulnerabilities Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libxls, the worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution of code. libxls 2020-03-30 2020-03-30 638336 674006 local, remote 1.5.2 1.5.2

libxls is a C library for reading Excel files in the nasty old binary OLE format, plus a command-line tool for converting XLS to CSV.

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libxls. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

A remote attacker could entice a user to process a specially crafted Excel file using libxls, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All libxls users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/libxls-1.5.2"

CVE-2017-12110 CVE-2017-12111 CVE-2017-2896 CVE-2017-2897 CVE-2017-2919 CVE-2018-20450 CVE-2018-20452 BlueKnight whissi