PT-2016-6214 · Apache+1 · Apache Poi+1

Published 2016-08-05 · Updated 2022-05-13 · CVE-2016-5000

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apache POI versions prior to 3.14

Description The issue allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted OpenXML document containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue. This is a type of attack where an application parses XML input that contains an external entity declaration, allowing an attacker to access local or remote resources.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.14, update to version 3.14 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the processing of external entities in OpenXML documents to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XXE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-611

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-5000

GHSA-PMQQ-7WFV-JFFF

Affected Products

Apache Poi

Debian

References · 19

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-5000 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5000 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5000 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5000 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/libapache-poi-java · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-5000 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5000 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5000 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5000 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-pmqq-7wfv-jfff · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1037741 · Note
• https://oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html · Note
• https://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=146921513313216&w=2 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/92100 · Note
• https://packages.debian.org/src:libapache-poi-java · Note