A libxls security update has been released for openSUSE Leap 15.2

openSUSE-SU-2021:0812-1: moderate: Security update for libxls

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for libxls
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:0812-1
Rating: moderate
References: #1179532
Cross-References: CVE-2020-27819
Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 15.2
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An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:

This update for libxls fixes the following issues:

libxsl was updated to release 1.6.2:

* Fix NULL pointer dereferences in the xls2csv tool [boo#1179532]
[CVE-2020-27819]

Update to release 1.6.1

* Enabled decoding of non-Unicode character sets in older (BIFF5) XLS
files.
* Improved string conversion performance in newer files.

update to 1.5.3:

* Allow truncated XLS files
* Fix long-standing "extra column" bug #73
* Support for RSTRING records (rich-text cells in older BIFF5 files)
tidyverse/readxl#611

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 15.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2021-812=1


Package List:

- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (x86_64):

libxls-debuginfo-1.6.2-lp152.2.3.1
libxls-debugsource-1.6.2-lp152.2.3.1
libxls-devel-1.6.2-lp152.2.3.1
libxls-tools-1.6.2-lp152.2.3.1
libxls-tools-debuginfo-1.6.2-lp152.2.3.1
libxlsreader8-1.6.2-lp152.2.3.1
libxlsreader8-debuginfo-1.6.2-lp152.2.3.1

References:

  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-27819.html
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1179532