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openSUSE Security Advisory (openSUSE-SU-2024:0021-1)

🗓️ 04 Mar 2024 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2024 Greenbone AGType 
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Security Advisory for perl package on openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP5. Fixing CVE-2024-22368 and memory bomb issues

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.833285");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2024-22368");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2024-03-04 12:51:41 +0000 (Mon, 04 Mar 2024)");
  script_version("2025-09-11T05:38:37+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-11 05:38:37 +0000 (Thu, 11 Sep 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.9");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2024-01-16 14:58:04 +0000 (Tue, 16 Jan 2024)");

  script_name("openSUSE Security Advisory (openSUSE-SU-2024:0021-1)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2024 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("openSUSE Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/opensuse", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=openSUSELeap15\.5");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"openSUSE-SU-2024:0021-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/EHHPL7IKGNQCRM3NOTRZRDYWT4OKW47L/");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1218651");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://github.com/haile01/perl_spreadsheet_excel_rce_poc/blob/main/parse_xlsx_bomb.md");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'perl-Spreadsheet-ParseXLSX' package(s) announced via the openSUSE-SU-2024:0021-1 advisory.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"This update for perl-Spreadsheet-ParseXLSX fixes the following issues:

Updated to 0.29:

 see /usr/share/doc/packages/perl-Spreadsheet-ParseXLSX/Changes

0.29:

- Fix for 'Argument '' isn't numeric in addition (+) at /usr/local/shar...
- Incorrect cell values due to phonetic data doy#72
- Fix die message in parse()
- Cannot open password protected SHA1 encrypted files. doy#68
- use date format detection based on Spreadsheet::XLSX
- Add rudimentary support for hyperlinks in cells

0.28:

- CVE-2024-22368: out-of-memory condition during parsing of a crafted XLSX document (boo#1218651)

- Fix possible memory bomb as reported in [link moved to references]
- Updated Dist::Zilla configuration fixing deprecation warnings");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'perl-Spreadsheet-ParseXLSX' package(s) on openSUSE Leap 15.5.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");

  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");

release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";
report = "";

if(release == "openSUSELeap15.5") {

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"perl-Spreadsheet-ParseXLSX", rpm:"perl-Spreadsheet-ParseXLSX~0.290.0~bp155.2.3.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.5"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

exit(0);

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11 Sep 2025 00:00Current
5.5Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.5
CVSS 3.15.5
EPSS0.00468
SSVC
15