Amazon Linux 2023 Security Advisory: ALAS2023-2024-491
Advisory Released Date: 2024-01-22
Advisory Updated Date: 2024-01-22
Severity:
Important
Issue Overview:
Spreadsheet::ParseExcel version 0.65 is a Perl module used for parsing Excel files. Spreadsheet::ParseExcel is vulnerable to an arbitrary code execution (ACE) vulnerability due to passing unvalidated input from a file into a string-type "eval". Specifically, the issue stems from the evaluation of Number format strings (not to be confused with printf-style format strings) within the Excel parsing logic. (CVE-2023-7101)
Affected Packages:
perl-Spreadsheet-ParseExcel
Issue Correction:
Run dnf update perl-Spreadsheet-ParseExcel --releasever 2023.3.20240122 or dnf update --advisory ALAS2023-2024-491 --releasever 2023.3.20240122 to update your system.
More information on how to update your system can be found on this page: Amazon Linux 2023 documentation
New Packages:
aarch64:
perl-Spreadsheet-ParseExcel-0.6500-28.amzn2023.0.3.aarch64
src:
perl-Spreadsheet-ParseExcel-0.6500-28.amzn2023.0.3.src
x86_64:
perl-Spreadsheet-ParseExcel-0.6500-28.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64