oss-security - CVE-2024-22368: Spreadsheet::ParseXLSX for Perl is vulnerable to DoS via out-of-memory bugs

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Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2024 14:08:36 +0000
From: Stig Palmquist <stig@...g.io>
To: "oss-security@...ts.openwall.com" <oss-security@...ts.openwall.com>, "cpan-security@...l.org" <cpan-security@...l.org>
Subject: CVE-2024-22368: Spreadsheet::ParseXLSX for Perl is vulnerable to DoS via out-of-memory bugs

Hi,

Đình Hải Lê discovered that the Perl module Spreadsheet::ParseXLSX 0.27 (and earlier) is vulnerable to denial of service attack via out-of-memory bugs when parsing a crafted XLSX file.

Users are advised to upgrade to 0.28 or later

Fixed Version:
https://metacpan.org/release/NUDDLEGG/Spreadsheet-ParseXLSX-0.28

References:
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-22368
https://github.com/haile01/perl_spreadsheet_excel_rce_poc/blob/main/parse_xlsx_bomb.md

Best,
Stig

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