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Amazon Linux 1 Security Advisory: ALAS-2024-1905
Advisory Release Date: 2024-01-19 01:19 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2024-01-19 01:19 Pacific
Severity:
Important
Issue Overview:
Spreadsheet::ParseExcel version 0.65 is a Perl module used for parsing Excel files. Spreadsheet::ParseExcel is vulnerable to an arbitrary code execution (ACE) vulnerability due to passing unvalidated input from a file into a string-type "eval". Specifically, the issue stems from the evaluation of Number format strings (not to be confused with printf-style format strings) within the Excel parsing logic. (CVE-2023-7101)
Affected Packages:
perl-Spreadsheet-ParseExcel
Issue Correction:
Run yum update perl-Spreadsheet-ParseExcel to update your system.
New Packages:
i686:
perl-Spreadsheet-ParseExcel-0.5900-5.3.amzn1.i686
src:
perl-Spreadsheet-ParseExcel-0.5900-5.3.amzn1.src
x86_64:
perl-Spreadsheet-ParseExcel-0.5900-5.3.amzn1.x86_64