GHSA-78vv-qj73-h9m5

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    GHSA-78vv-qj73-h9m5

    Published: 13 May 2022Last Modified: 8 Nov 2023
    Aliases:
    CVE-2017-5644

    Summary: Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs in Apache POI

    Details: Apache POI in versions prior to release 3.15 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a specially crafted OOXML file, aka an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5644, https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html, http://poi.apache.org/#20+March+2017+-+CVE-2017-5644+-+Possible+DOS+%28Denial+of+Service%29+in+Apache+POI+versions+prior+to+3.15, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96983

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: org.apache.poi:poi

    Purl: pkg:maven/org.apache.poi/poi

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.15

    Affected versions

    3.0-FINAL

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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