PT-2018-3602 · Apache · Apache Poi

Published 2018-01-29 · Updated 2021-06-14 · CVE-2017-12626

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apache POI versions prior to 3.17

Description The issue is related to Denial of Service Attacks. It involves two main problems:

1. Infinite Loops while parsing crafted WMF, EMF, MSG, and macros,
2. Out of Memory Exceptions while parsing crafted DOC, PPT, and XLS. This can be exploited by a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.17, update to release 3.17 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the parsing of crafted files to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the vulnerable functions related to parsing WMF, EMF, MSG, macros, DOC, PPT, and XLS until the issue is resolved.

Fix

Infinite Loop

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-835

Related Identifiers

BDU:2021-00682

CVE-2017-12626

GHSA-523C-XH4G-MH5M

Affected Products

Apache Poi

References · 29

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12626 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12626 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12626 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-12626 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2021-00682 · Security Note
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1322 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-12626 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12626 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-523c-xh4g-mh5m · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12626 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/apache/poi · Note
• https://oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html · Note
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/708d94141126eac03011144a971a6411fcac16d9c248d1d535a39451%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E · Note
• https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=61294 · Note
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/453d9af5dbabaccd9afb58d27279a9dbfe8e35f4e5ea1645ddd6960b@%3Cdev.poi.apache.org%3E · Note