DEBIAN-CVE-2023-7101

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2023-7101

    Published: 24 Dec 2023Last Modified: 15 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2023-7101

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-7101

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libspreadsheet-parseexcel-perl

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/libspreadsheet-parseexcel-perl?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.6500-4~deb12u1

    Affected versions

    0.6500-3

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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