Bug 2023408 (CVE-2021-27836) - CVE-2021-27836 libxls: a denial of service via a crafted XLS file
Summary: CVE-2021-27836 libxls: a denial of service via a crafted XLS file
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Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
Alias: CVE-2021-27836
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 2023409
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2021-11-15 16:08 UTC by Marian Rehak
Modified: 2021-11-15 16:31 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2021-11-15 16:31:18 UTC
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Description Marian Rehak 2021-11-15 16:08:36 UTC 
An issue was discoverered in in function xls_getWorkSheet in xls.c in libxls 1.6.2, allows attackers to cause a denial of service, via a crafted XLS file.

Upstream Reference:

https://github.com/libxls/libxls/issues/94
Comment 1 Marian Rehak 2021-11-15 16:08:48 UTC 
Created libxls tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2023409]
Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2021-11-15 16:31:16 UTC 
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.
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