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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="202003-64">
+ <title>libxls: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
+ <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libxls, the worst of
+ which could result in the arbitrary execution of code.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">libxls</product>
+ <announced>2020-03-30</announced>
+ <revised count="1">2020-03-30</revised>
+ <bug>638336</bug>
+ <bug>674006</bug>
+ <access>local, remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="dev-libs/libxls" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">1.5.2</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">1.5.2</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>libxls is a C library for reading Excel files in the nasty old binary
+ OLE format, plus a command-line tool for converting XLS to CSV.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libxls. Please review
+ the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>A remote attacker could entice a user to process a specially crafted
+ Excel file using libxls, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary
+ code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>All libxls users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
+
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=dev-libs/libxls-1.5.2"
+ </code>
+
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12110">CVE-2017-12110</uri>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12111">CVE-2017-12111</uri>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2896">CVE-2017-2896</uri>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2897">CVE-2017-2897</uri>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2919">CVE-2017-2919</uri>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20450">CVE-2018-20450</uri>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20452">CVE-2018-20452</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2020-03-28T22:19:47Z">BlueKnight</metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2020-03-30T14:52:32Z">whissi</metadata>
+</glsa>