CVE - CVE-2017-5644

CVE-ID
CVE-2017-5644	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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.
References
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BID:96983 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96983 CONFIRM:http://poi.apache.org/#20+March+2017+-+CVE-2017-5644+-+Possible+DOS+%28Denial+of+Service%29+in+Apache+POI+versions+prior+to+3.15 URL:http://poi.apache.org/#20+March+2017+-+CVE-2017-5644+-+Possible+DOS+%28Denial+of+Service%29+in+Apache+POI+versions+prior+to+3.15 MISC:https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html URL:https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
Assigning CNA
Apache Software Foundation
Date Record Created
20170129	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20170129)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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