S-155: Gnumeric XLS HLINK Opcode Handling Vulnerability

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S-155: Gnumeric XLS HLINK Opcode Handling Vulnerability

Gnumeric is prone to a remote arbitrary code execution vulnerability. The risk is MEDIUM. Attackers may exploit this issue to corrupt memory and execute machine code in the context of the affected application. Failed exploit attempts will result in denial-of-service conditions.

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gsf

GSF(1)								       GNOME								    GSF(1)

NAME

       gsf - archiving utility using the G Structured File library

SYNOPSIS

       gsf [OPTION...] SUBCOMMAND ARCHIVE...

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page briefly documents the gsf command.

       gsf  is	a simple archive utility, somewhat similar to tar(1). It operates on files following one of the structured file formats understood
       by the G Structured File library, for example, Microsoft Excel(TM) files.

OPTIONS

   Options
       -?, --help
	      Show help options

       -v, --version
	      Display gsf's version

   Subcommands
       cat    Output one or more files in archive

       dump   Dump one or more files in archive as formatted hexadecimal

       help   List subcommands

       list   List files in archive

       props  Archive list of property names

EXAMPLES

       To list the content structure of a Microsoft Excel(TM) file arrays.xls:

       gsf list arrays.xls

       To dump Workbook, an individual data stream in arrays.xls:

       gsf dump arrays.xls Workbook

AUTHORS

       gsf's primary authors are Morten Welinder <terra@gnome.org> and Jody Goldberg <jody@gnome.org>.

       The initial version of this manpage was written by J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) <jdassen@debian.org>.

SEE ALSO

       gnumeric(1)

       The Gnumeric homepage <http://www.gnome.org/projects/gnumeric/>

       The GNOME project page <http://www.gnome.org/>

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