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Medium USN-6769-1 2 CVEs

libspreadsheet-parsexlsx-perl vulnerabilities

Published May 9, 2024 · Updated Feb 10, 2026

Summary

Le Dinh Hai discovered that Spreadsheet::ParseXLSX did not properly manage
memory during cell merge operations. An attacker could possibly use this
issue to consume large amounts of memory, resulting in a denial of service
condition. (CVE-2024-22368)

An Pham discovered that Spreadsheet::ParseXLSX allowed the processing of
external entities in a default configuration. An attacker could possibly
use this vulnerability to execute an XML External Entity (XXE) injection
attack. (CVE-2024-23525)

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS libspreadsheet-parsexlsx-perl 0.27-2+deb10u1build0.20.04.1
Ubuntu · 22.04 LTS 22.04:LTS libspreadsheet-parsexlsx-perl 0.27-2.1+deb11u2build0.22.04.1

Vulnerabilities 2

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-22368
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-23525