rhsa-2014_1400
Vulnerability from csaf_redhat
Published
2014-10-13 16:41
Modified
2024-11-05 18:37
Summary
Red Hat Security Advisory: Apache POI security update

Notes

Topic
An update for the Apache POI component that fixes two security issues is now available from the Red Hat Customer Portal for Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6.0.3. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.
Details
Apache POI is a library providing Java API for working with OOXML document files. It was found that Apache POI would resolve entities in OOXML documents. A remote attacker able to supply OOXML documents that are parsed by Apache POI could use this flaw to read files accessible to the user running the application server, and potentially perform more advanced XML External Entity (XXE) attacks. (CVE-2014-3529) It was found that Apache POI would expand an unlimited number of entities in OOXML documents. A remote attacker able to supply OOXML documents that are parsed by Apache POI could use this flaw to trigger a denial of service attack via excessive CPU and memory consumption. (CVE-2014-3574) All users of Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6.0.3 as provided from the Red Hat Customer Portal are advised to apply this security update.
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