USN-4821-1: openpyxl vulnerability
Publication date
15 March 2021
Overview
openpyxl could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.
Releases
Packages
- openpyxl - Python library to read/write Excel 2010 xlsx/xlsm/xltx/xltm files
Details
It was discovered that openpyxl incorrectly handled certain documents. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service
or other unspecified impact.
It was discovered that openpyxl incorrectly handled certain documents. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service
or other unspecified impact.
Update instructions
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 16.04 LTS xenial | python-openpyxl – 2.3.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | ||
| python3-openpyxl – 2.3.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | |||
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