--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2018-2eb691e7d7
2018-03-06 17:17:51.856240
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name        : freexl
Product     : Fedora 27
Version     : 1.0.5
Release     : 1.fc27
URL         : Summary     : Library to extract data from within an Excel spreadsheet
Description :
FreeXL is a library to extract valid data
from within an Excel spreadsheet (.xls)

Design goals:
    * simple and lightweight
    * stable, robust and efficient
    * easily and universally portable
    * completely ignore any GUI-related oddity

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Update Information:

Fixes several heap-buffer-overflows, see related Bugzilla tickets!
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1547892 - heap-buffer-overflow in freexl.c:3912 read_mini_biff_next_record of FreeXL 1.0.4
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1547892
  [ 2 ] Bug #1547889 - heap-buffer-overflow in freexl.c:383 parse_unicode_string of FreeXL 1.0.4
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1547889
  [ 3 ] Bug #1547885 - heap-buffer-overflow in freexl.c:1866 parse_SST of FreeXL 1.0.4
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1547885
  [ 4 ] Bug #1547883 - heap-buffer-overflow in freexl.c:1805 parse_SST parse_SST
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1547883
  [ 5 ] Bug #1547879 - heap-buffer-overflow in freexl::destroy_cell of FreeXL 1.0.4
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1547879
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade freexl' at the command line.
For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at
https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
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Fedora 27: freexl Security Update

March 6, 2018
Fixes several heap-buffer-overflows, see related Bugzilla tickets!

Summary

FreeXL is a library to extract valid data

from within an Excel spreadsheet (.xls)

Design goals:

* simple and lightweight

* stable, robust and efficient

* easily and universally portable

* completely ignore any GUI-related oddity

Fixes several heap-buffer-overflows, see related Bugzilla tickets!

[ 1 ] Bug #1547892 - heap-buffer-overflow in freexl.c:3912 read_mini_biff_next_record of FreeXL 1.0.4

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1547892

[ 2 ] Bug #1547889 - heap-buffer-overflow in freexl.c:383 parse_unicode_string of FreeXL 1.0.4

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1547889

[ 3 ] Bug #1547885 - heap-buffer-overflow in freexl.c:1866 parse_SST of FreeXL 1.0.4

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1547885

[ 4 ] Bug #1547883 - heap-buffer-overflow in freexl.c:1805 parse_SST parse_SST

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1547883

[ 5 ] Bug #1547879 - heap-buffer-overflow in freexl::destroy_cell of FreeXL 1.0.4

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1547879

su -c 'dnf upgrade freexl' at the command line.

For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at

https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the

GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at

package-announce mailing list -- package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org

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FEDORA-2018-2eb691e7d7 2018-03-06 17:17:51.856240 Product : Fedora 27 Version : 1.0.5 Release : 1.fc27 URL : Summary : Library to extract data from within an Excel spreadsheet Description : FreeXL is a library to extract valid data from within an Excel spreadsheet (.xls) Design goals: * simple and lightweight * stable, robust and efficient * easily and universally portable * completely ignore any GUI-related oddity Fixes several heap-buffer-overflows, see related Bugzilla tickets! [ 1 ] Bug #1547892 - heap-buffer-overflow in freexl.c:3912 read_mini_biff_next_record of FreeXL 1.0.4 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1547892 [ 2 ] Bug #1547889 - heap-buffer-overflow in freexl.c:383 parse_unicode_string of FreeXL 1.0.4 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1547889 [ 3 ] Bug #1547885 - heap-buffer-overflow in freexl.c:1866 parse_SST of FreeXL 1.0.4 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1547885 [ 4 ] Bug #1547883 - heap-buffer-overflow in freexl.c:1805 parse_SST parse_SST https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1547883 [ 5 ] Bug #1547879 - heap-buffer-overflow in freexl::destroy_cell of FreeXL 1.0.4 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1547879 su -c 'dnf upgrade freexl' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at package-announce mailing list -- package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to package-announce-leave@lists.fedoraproject.org

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Product : Fedora 27
Version : 1.0.5
Release : 1.fc27
URL : Summary : Library to extract data from within an Excel spreadsheet

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