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 Severity: Normal
    Title: FreeXL: Multiple vulnerabilities
     Date: July 27, 2020
     Bugs: #648700
       ID: 202007-44

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in FreeXL, the worst of which
could result in a Denial of Service condition.

Background
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FreeXL is an open source library to extract valid data from within an
Excel (.xls) spreadsheet.

Affected packages
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     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
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  1  dev-libs/freexl              < 1.0.5                    >= 1.0.5

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

Impact
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Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All FreeXL users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/freexl-1.0.5"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2018-7435
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7435
[ 2 ] CVE-2018-7436
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7436
[ 3 ] CVE-2018-7437
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7437
[ 4 ] CVE-2018-7438
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7438
[ 5 ] CVE-2018-7439
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7439

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-44

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2020 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/