Security update for libxls (moderate)

An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:

This update for libxls fixes the following issues:

libxsl was updated to release 1.6.2:

• Fix NULL pointer dereferences in the xls2csv tool [boo#1179532]
  [CVE-2020-27819]

Update to release 1.6.1

• Enabled decoding of non-Unicode character sets in older (BIFF5) XLS
  files.
• Improved string conversion performance in newer files.

update to 1.5.3:

• Allow truncated XLS files
• Fix long-standing “extra column” bug #73
• Support for RSTRING records (rich-text cells in older BIFF5 files)
  tidyverse/readxl#611

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or “zypper patch”.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

• openSUSE Leap 15.2:

  zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2021-812=1