[Secure-testing-team] Bug#875691: freexl: CVE-2017-2924: Heap-based buffer overflow in the read_legacy_biff function

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: freexl
Version: 1.0.3-1
Severity: grave
Tags: upstream security

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for freexl.

CVE-2017-2923[0]:
Heap-based buffer overflow in the read_biff_next_record function

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-2923
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-2923
[1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1490896
[2] https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0431

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore