FreeXL 1.0.2 - multiplication overflow on 32 bit platforms
Dear Security Team,
FreeXL 1.0.2 was released yesterday, it fixes a recently discovered
security issue. To quote the release announcement:
"
RedHat maintainers recently discovered a potential security breach
caused by the current version of FreeXL.
This issue is not very like to happen under ordinary conditions, anyway
a purposely forged XLS document could effectively cause a
multiplication overflow on 32 bit platforms, and this in turn will
subsequently cause a dangerous crash due to an incorrectly sized
memory allocation.
freexl-1.0.2 definitely fixes the issue.
"
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/spatialite-users/UZ7ivR6ASV0/K_8bjP1or_IJ
I've uploaded freexl (1.0.2-1) to unstable today, and I've backported
the fix to freexl (1.0.0g-1+deb8u2) and freexl (1.0.0b-1+deb7u2) for
jessie & wheezy respectively. The changes are available in git:
http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-grass/freexl.git/log/?h=jessie
http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-grass/freexl.git/log/?h=wheezy
Are these OK to upload?
Kind Regards,
Bas
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