UBUNTU-CVE-2024-23525

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2024-23525

    Published: 18 Jan 2024Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2024-23525
    Aliases:
    USN-6769-1

    Summary:

    Details: The Spreadsheet::ParseXLSX package before 0.30 for Perl allows XXE attacks because it neglects to use the no_xxe option of XML::Twig.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-23525, https://gist.github.com/phvietan/d1c95a88ab6e17047b0248d6bf9eac4a, https://github.com/MichaelDaum/spreadsheet-parsexlsx/issues/10, https://github.com/MichaelDaum/spreadsheet-parsexlsx/commit/1d55f90caf433c7442e5be21a1849af2b5522ffe, https://metacpan.org/release/NUDDLEGG/Spreadsheet-ParseXLSX-0.30/changes, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/18/4, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-23525, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6769-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libspreadsheet-parsexlsx-perl

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+deb10u1build0.20.04.1?arch=source&distro=focal

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.27-2+deb10u1build0.20.04.1

    Affected versions

    0.27-2

    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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