ghsa-78vv-qj73-h9m5
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-13 01:14
Modified
2022-07-01 16:57
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.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Maven",
        "name": "org.apache.poi:poi"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.15"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2017-5644"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-776"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2022-07-01T16:57:07Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2017-03-24T14:59:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-78vv-qj73-h9m5",
  "modified": "2022-07-01T16:57:07Z",
  "published": "2022-05-13T01:14:24Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5644"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://poi.apache.org/#20+March+2017+-+CVE-2017-5644+-+Possible+DOS+%28Denial+of+Service%29+in+Apache+POI+versions+prior+to+3.15"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96983"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs in Apache POI"
}


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