PT-2012-2405 · Apache · Apache Poi

Jan Lieskovsky · Published 2012-08-07 · Updated 2022-05-04 · CVE-2012-0213

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apache POI versions 3.8 and earlier

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, potentially leading to an OutOfMemoryError exception and JVM destabilization, by exploiting a crafted length value in a Channel Definition Format (CDF) or Compound File Binary Format (CFBF) document. This is due to a problem in the UnhandledDataStructure function.

Recommendations For Apache POI versions 3.8 and earlier, consider updating to a version later than 3.8 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, restrict the processing of CDF or CFBF documents from untrusted sources to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Resource Exhaustion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

CWE-400

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-0213

DSA-2468-1

GHSA-JQX5-H2HW-5Q4F

Affected Products

Apache Poi

References · 14

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-jqx5-h2hw-5q4f · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-August/084609.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1232.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:094 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0213 · Security Note
• http://debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2468 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/49040 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/apache/poi · Note
• https://github.com/apache/poi/commit/25bc679244188d63de690354db0e3f301291e252 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799078 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/50549 · Note
• https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0044 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/53487 · Note
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21996759 · Note