CVE-2017-5644

Description

From CVE.org

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.

Statement

Red Hat Product Security has determined that this vulnerability does not affect any currently supported Red Hat product. This assessment may evolve based on further analysis and discovery. For more information about this vulnerability and the products it affects, please see the linked references.

Understanding the Weakness (CWE)

CWE-776

Availability

Technical Impact: DoS: Resource Consumption (Other)

If parsed, recursive entity references allow the attacker to expand data exponentially, quickly consuming all system resources.

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