Vulnerability in r-cran-readxl
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A vulnerability tracked as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20452 has been found in r-cran-readxl.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
What to do: upgrade r-cran-readxl to 1.2.0.9000-1 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "r-cran-readxl DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20452" on the vendor's site.
DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20452 (r-cran-readxl)
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated
Patched: 1.2.0.9000-1 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in r-cran-readxl.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of r-cran-readxl.
Severity: ?. Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Update to 1.2.0.9000-1.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'r-cran-readxl' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1
Identify exposureidentify
grep -r 'r-cran-readxl' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
r-cran-readxlを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
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Apply patchpatch
Upgrade r-cran-readxl to 1.2.0.9000-1ステージング環境で 1.2.0.9000-1 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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3
Post-deployment verificationverify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | r-cran-readxl |
< 1.2.0.9000-1 |
1.2.0.9000-1 |
| Debian:13 | r-cran-readxl |
< 1.2.0.9000-1 |
1.2.0.9000-1 |
| Debian:14 | r-cran-readxl |
< 1.2.0.9000-1 |
1.2.0.9000-1 |
Original description The description as published by the source.
The read_MSAT_body function in ole.c in libxls 1.4.0 has an invalid free that allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file, because of inconsistent memory management (new versus free) in ole2_read_header in ole.c.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV
References
- advisory security-tracker.debian.org