UBUNTU-CVE-2023-38855
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Summary:
Details: Buffer Overflow vulnerability in libxlsv.1.6.2 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code and cause a denial of service via a crafted XLS file to the get_string function in xlstool.c:395.
References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-38855, https://github.com/libxls/libxls/issues/124, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-38855
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
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
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User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
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Integrity
None
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Availability
None
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High
