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OPENSUSE-SU-2017:2539-1

Vulnerability from csaf_opensuse - Published: 2017-09-21 06:52 - Updated: 2017-09-21 06:52
Summary
Security update for freexl
Severity
Low
Notes
Title of the patch: Security update for freexl
Description of the patch: This update for freexl to version 1.0.4 fixes several issues. These security issues were fixed: - CVE-2017-2924: Prevent heap-based buffer overflow in the read_legacy_biff function (bsc#1058433). - CVE-2017-2923: Prevent heap-based buffer overflow in the read_biff_next_record function (bsc#1058431).
Patchnames: openSUSE-2017-1082
Terms of use: CSAF 2.0 data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0).
Affected products
Product Identifier Version Remediation
Unresolved product id: SUSE Package Hub 12:freexl-devel-1.0.4-5.1.aarch64
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Package Hub 12:freexl-devel-1.0.4-5.1.ppc64le
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Package Hub 12:freexl-devel-1.0.4-5.1.s390x
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Package Hub 12:freexl-devel-1.0.4-5.1.x86_64
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Package Hub 12:libfreexl1-1.0.4-5.1.aarch64
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Package Hub 12:libfreexl1-1.0.4-5.1.ppc64le
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Package Hub 12:libfreexl1-1.0.4-5.1.s390x
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Package Hub 12:libfreexl1-1.0.4-5.1.x86_64
Vendor Fix
Threats
Impact important
Affected products
Recommended 8 products, the same list as for CVE-2017-2923
Threats
Impact important

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