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CVE-2023-7101

Publication date 24 December 2023

Last updated 21 August 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libspreadsheet-parseexcel-perl 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
23.04 lunar Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 0.6500-1.1ubuntu0.1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 0.6500-1ubuntu0.20.04.1
18.04 LTS bionic
16.04 LTS xenial
14.04 LTS trusty

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Patch details

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Package Patch details
libspreadsheet-parseexcel-perl

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H