Bug 1903296 (CVE-2020-27819)
Summary: | CVE-2020-27819 libxls: NULL pointer dereference via crafted xls file | ||
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Product: | [Other] Security Response | Reporter: | Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz <gsuckevi> |
Component: | vulnerability | Assignee: | Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team> |
Status: | CLOSED UPSTREAM | QA Contact: | |
Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
Priority: | medium | ||
Version: | unspecified | CC: | quantum.analyst |
Target Milestone: | --- | Keywords: | Security |
Target Release: | --- | ||
Hardware: | All | ||
OS: | Linux | ||
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Fixed In Version: | libxls 1.6.2 | Doc Type: | If docs needed, set a value |
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An issue was discovered in libxls before and including 1.6.1 when reading Microsoft Excel files. A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists when parsing XLS cells in libxls/xls2csv.c:199. It could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via crafted XLS file.
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Last Closed: | 2020-12-01 23:33:51 UTC | Type: | --- |
Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
Documentation: | --- | CRM: | |
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oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
Cloudforms Team: | --- | Target Upstream Version: | |
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Bug Depends On: | 1903297 | ||
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Description
Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz
2020-12-01 19:20:36 UTC
Created libxls tracking bugs for this issue: Affects: fedora-all [bug 1903297] This CVE Bugzilla entry is for community support informational purposes only as it does not affect a package in a commercially supported Red Hat product. Refer to the dependent bugs for status of those individual community products. |