Upstream information

CVE-2021-27836 at MITRE

Description

An issue was discoverered in in function xls_getWorkSheet in xls.c in libxls 1.6.2, allows attackers to cause a denial of service, via a crafted XLS file.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	4.3
Vector	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector	Network
Access Complexity	Medium
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	None
Integrity Impact	None
Availability Impact	Partial

CVSS v3 Scores
	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	6.5
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector	Network
Attack Complexity	Low
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact	None
Integrity Impact	None
Availability Impact	High
CVSSv3 Version	3.1

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1192323 [NEW]

SUSE Security Advisories:

openSUSE-SU-2022:0142-1, published Sat May 21 22:41:58 2022

List of released packages

Product(s)	Fixed package version(s)	References
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP3	`libxls-devel >= 1.6.2-bp153.2.6.1` `libxls-tools >= 1.6.2-bp153.2.6.1` `libxlsreader8 >= 1.6.2-bp153.2.6.1`	Patchnames: openSUSE-2022-142
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP4	`libxls-devel >= 1.6.2-bp154.2.3.1` `libxls-tools >= 1.6.2-bp154.2.3.1` `libxlsreader8 >= 1.6.2-bp154.2.3.1`	Patchnames: openSUSE-2022-157
openSUSE Leap 15.3	`libxls-devel >= 1.6.2-bp153.2.6.1` `libxls-tools >= 1.6.2-bp153.2.6.1` `libxlsreader8 >= 1.6.2-bp153.2.6.1`	Patchnames: openSUSE-2022-142
openSUSE Leap 15.4	`libxls-devel >= 1.6.2-bp154.2.3.1` `libxls-tools >= 1.6.2-bp154.2.3.1` `libxlsreader8 >= 1.6.2-bp154.2.3.1`	Patchnames: openSUSE-2022-157
openSUSE Tumbleweed	`libxls-devel >= 1.6.2-3.1` `libxls-tools >= 1.6.2-3.1` `libxlsreader8 >= 1.6.2-3.1`	Patchnames: openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-12084

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Wed Nov 3 21:00:06 2021
CVE page last modified: Tue Sep 3 19:20:04 2024