XML External Entity (XXE) Injection Affecting libapache-poi-java package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (44th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-LIBAPACHEPOIJAVA-529760
  • published23 Oct 2019
  • disclosed23 Oct 2019

Introduced: 23 Oct 2019

CVE-2019-12415  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-611  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:11 libapache-poi-java.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libapache-poi-java package and not the libapache-poi-java package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Apache POI up to 4.1.0, when using the tool XSSFExportToXml to convert user-provided Microsoft Excel documents, a specially crafted document can allow an attacker to read files from the local filesystem or from internal network resources via XML External Entity (XXE) Processing.

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