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Updated freexl packages has been released for both Debian GNU/Linux 8 and 9



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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3976-1 security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso
September 17, 2017 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : freexl
CVE ID : CVE-2017-2923 CVE-2017-2924
Debian Bug : 875690 875691

Marcin 'Icewall' Noga of Cisco Talos discovered two vulnerabilities in
freexl, a library to read Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, which might
result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code if a
malformed Excel file is opened.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed
in version 1.0.0g-1+deb8u4.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.0.2-2+deb9u1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.0.4-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your freexl packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

  Freexl security update for Debian 8/9