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Debian Security Advisory

DSA-3310-1 freexl -- security update

Date Reported:

19 Jul 2015

Affected Packages:

freexl

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

No other external database security references currently available.

More information:

It was discovered that an integer overflow in freexl, a library to parse Microsoft Excel spreadsheets may result in denial of service if a malformed Excel file is opened.

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.0b-1+deb7u2.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.0g-1+deb8u2.

For the testing distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.2-1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.2-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your freexl packages.