ubuntu-cve-2024-23525
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2024-01-18 00:15
Modified
2025-07-18 16:56
Summary
Details

The Spreadsheet::ParseXLSX package before 0.30 for Perl allows XXE attacks because it neglects to use the no_xxe option of XML::Twig.

Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "affected": [
    {
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        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libspreadsheet-parsexlsx-perl",
            "binary_version": "0.27-2+deb10u1build0.20.04.1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:20.04:LTS",
        "name": "libspreadsheet-parsexlsx-perl",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/libspreadsheet-parsexlsx-perl@0.27-2+deb10u1build0.20.04.1?arch=source\u0026distro=focal"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
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            {
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            },
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            }
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "0.27-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
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        "binaries": [
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            "binary_name": "libspreadsheet-parsexlsx-perl",
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          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:22.04:LTS",
        "name": "libspreadsheet-parsexlsx-perl",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/libspreadsheet-parsexlsx-perl@0.27-2.1+deb11u2build0.22.04.1?arch=source\u0026distro=jammy"
      },
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        {
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            {
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            },
            {
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            }
          ],
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        }
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "The Spreadsheet::ParseXLSX package before 0.30 for Perl allows XXE attacks because it neglects to use the no_xxe option of XML::Twig.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2024-23525",
  "modified": "2025-07-18T16:56:25Z",
  "published": "2024-01-18T00:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-23525"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://gist.github.com/phvietan/d1c95a88ab6e17047b0248d6bf9eac4a"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/MichaelDaum/spreadsheet-parsexlsx/issues/10"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/MichaelDaum/spreadsheet-parsexlsx/commit/1d55f90caf433c7442e5be21a1849af2b5522ffe"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://metacpan.org/release/NUDDLEGG/Spreadsheet-ParseXLSX-0.30/changes"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/18/4"
    },
    {
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      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-23525"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6769-1"
    }
  ],
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    "USN-6769-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2024-23525"
  ]
}



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