UBUNTU-CVE-2020-27819
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Summary:
Details: An issue was discovered in libxls before and including 1.6.1 when reading Microsoft Excel files. A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists when parsing XLS cells in libxls/xls2csv.c:199. It could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via crafted XLS file.
References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-27819, https://github.com/libxls/libxls/issues/84, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-27819
Affected packages
Package
Name: r-cran-readxl
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/r-cran-readxl?arch=source&distro=xenial
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
Introduced- 0
Fixed -None
Affected versions
0.1.0-1
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
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Privileges Required
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User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
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Confidentiality
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Integrity
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Availability
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