oss-security - CVE-2024-23525: Spreadsheet::ParseXLSX for Perl is vulnerable to XXE attacks

Follow @Openwall on Twitter for new release announcements and other news

[<prev] [next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2024 10:51:20 +0000
From: Stig Palmquist <stig@...g.io>
To: "oss-security@...ts.openwall.com" <oss-security@...ts.openwall.com>, "cpan-security@...l.org" <cpan-security@...l.org>
Subject: CVE-2024-23525: Spreadsheet::ParseXLSX for Perl is vulnerable to XXE attacks

Hi,

An Pham discovered that the Perl module Spreadsheet::ParseXLSX 0.29 (and earlier) is vulnerable to XML external entity injection attacks when parsing a crafted XLSX file.

Users should upgrade to version 0.30 or later.

Fixed Version:
https://metacpan.org/release/NUDDLEGG/Spreadsheet-ParseXLSX-0.30

References:
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23525
https://gist.github.com/phvietan/d1c95a88ab6e17047b0248d6bf9eac4a
https://github.com/MichaelDaum/spreadsheet-parsexlsx/issues/10

Best,
Stig.

Please check out the Open Source Software Security Wiki, which is counterpart to this mailing list.

Confused about mailing lists and their use? Read about mailing lists on Wikipedia and check out these guidelines on proper formatting of your messages.