{ "document": { "category": "csaf_security_advisory", "csaf_version": "2.0", "distribution": { "tlp": { "label": "WHITE", "url": "https://www.first.org/tlp/" } }, "lang": "en", "notes": [ { "category": "description", "text": "Spreadsheet::ParseExcel version 0.65 is a Perl module used for parsing Excel files. Spreadsheet::ParseExcel is vulnerable to an arbitrary code execution (ACE) vulnerability due to passing unvalidated input from a file into a string-type “eval”. Specifically, the issue stems from the evaluation of Number format strings (not to be confused with printf-style format strings) within the Excel parsing logic.", "title": "Vulnerability Description" } ], "publisher": { "category": "other", "contact_details": "gdt@cpan.org", "name": "giterlizzi", "namespace": "https://github.com/giterlizzi/" }, "references": [ { "category": "self", "summary": "CPANSA-Spreadsheet-ParseExcel-2023-7101 JSON", "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/giterlizzi/perl-CPANSA-CSAF/develop/csaf/white/2023/cpansa-spreadsheet-parseexcel-2023-7101.json" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/29/4", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/29/4" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://github.com/jmcnamara/spreadsheet-parseexcel/blob/c7298592e102a375d43150cd002feed806557c15/lib/Spreadsheet/ParseExcel/Utility.pm#L171", "url": "https://github.com/jmcnamara/spreadsheet-parseexcel/blob/c7298592e102a375d43150cd002feed806557c15/lib/Spreadsheet/ParseExcel/Utility.pm#L171" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://github.com/mandiant/Vulnerability-Disclosures/blob/master/2023/MNDT-2023-0019.md", "url": "https://github.com/mandiant/Vulnerability-Disclosures/blob/master/2023/MNDT-2023-0019.md" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://https://github.com/haile01/perl_spreadsheet_excel_rce_poc", "url": "https://https://github.com/haile01/perl_spreadsheet_excel_rce_poc" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://https://metacpan.org/dist/Spreadsheet-ParseExcel", "url": "https://https://metacpan.org/dist/Spreadsheet-ParseExcel" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-7101", "url": "https://https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-7101" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00025.html", "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00025.html" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "CVE-2023-7101 (NVD)", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-7101" } ], "title": "Spreadsheet-ParseExcel vulnerability", "tracking": { "current_release_date": "2023-12-24T00:00:00", "generator": { "engine": { "name": "CSAF Perl Toolkit", "version": "0.26" } }, "id": "CPANSA-Spreadsheet-ParseExcel-2023-7101", "initial_release_date": "2023-12-24T00:00:00", "revision_history": [ { "date": "2023-12-24T00:00:00", "number": "1", "summary": "First release" } ], "status": "final", "version": "1" } }, "product_tree": { "branches": [ { "branches": [ { "category": "product_version_range", "name": "vers:cpan/<0.66", "product": { "name": "Spreadsheet-ParseExcel less than 0.66", "product_id": "CSAFPID-0001" } }, { "category": "product_version_range", "name": "vers:cpan/>=0.66", "product": { "name": "Spreadsheet-ParseExcel greater than or equal 0.66", "product_id": "CSAFPID-0002" } } ], "category": "product_name", "name": "Spreadsheet-ParseExcel" } ] }, "vulnerabilities": [ { "cve": "CVE-2023-7101", "cwe": { "id": "CWE-95", "name": "Improper Neutralization of Directives in Dynamically Evaluated Code ('Eval Injection')" }, "notes": [ { "category": "description", "text": "Spreadsheet::ParseExcel version 0.65 is a Perl module used for parsing Excel files. Spreadsheet::ParseExcel is vulnerable to an arbitrary code execution (ACE) vulnerability due to passing unvalidated input from a file into a string-type “eval”. Specifically, the issue stems from the evaluation of Number format strings (not to be confused with printf-style format strings) within the Excel parsing logic.", "title": "Vulnerability Description" } ], "product_status": { "fixed": [ "CSAFPID-0002" ], "known_affected": [ "CSAFPID-0001" ] }, "scores": [ { "cvss_v3": { "baseScore": 7.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "version": "3.1" }, "products": [ "CSAFPID-0001" ] } ] } ] }