An untrusted search path vulnerability in Gnumeric might result in the execution of arbitrary code.
| Package | Arch | Vulnerable | Unaffected |
|---|---|---|---|
| app-office/gnumeric | * | < 1.8.4-r1 | >= 1.8.4-r1 |
The Gnumeric spreadsheet is a versatile application developed as part of the GNOME Office project.
James Vega reported an untrusted search path vulnerability in the GObject Python interpreter wrapper in Gnumeric.
A local attacker could entice a user to run Gnumeric from a directory containing a specially crafted python module, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Gnumeric.
Do not run "gnumeric" from untrusted working directories.
All Gnumeric users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-office/gnumeric-1.8.4-r1"
Several integer overflow vulnerabilities have been reported in Gnumeric, possibly resulting in user-assisted execution of arbitrary code.
| Package | Arch | Vulnerable | Unaffected |
|---|---|---|---|
| app-office/gnumeric | * | < 1.8.1 | >= 1.8.1 |
The Gnumeric spreadsheet is a versatile application developed as part of the GNOME Office project.
Multiple integer overflow and signedness errors have been reported in the excel_read_HLINK() function in file plugins/excel/ms-excel-read.c when processing XLS HLINK opcodes.
A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted XLS file, possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All Gnumeric users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-office/gnumeric-1.8.1"
Gnumeric is vulnerable to a heap overflow, possibly leading to the execution of arbitrary code.
| Package | Arch | Vulnerable | Unaffected |
|---|---|---|---|
| app-office/gnumeric | * | < 1.4.3-r2 | >= 1.4.3-r2 |
The Gnumeric spreadsheet is a versatile application developed as part of the GNOME Office project. libpcre is a library providing functions for Perl-compatible regular expressions.
Gnumeric contains a private copy of libpcre which is subject to an integer overflow leading to a heap overflow (see GLSA 200508-17).
An attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted spreadsheet, which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Gnumeric.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All Gnumeric users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-office/gnumeric-1.4.3-r2"