GHSA-78vv-qj73-h9m5

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Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs in Apache POI

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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.

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Related CVEs.

ID	severity	EPSS	exploitable	published
CVE-2017-5644US	medium5.5	4.59% (92nd)	—	2017-03-24
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…

references

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

http://poi.apache.org/#20+March+2017+-+CVE-2017-5644+-+Possible+DOS+%28Denial+of+Service%29+in+Apache+POI+versions+prior+to+3.15WEB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96983WEB
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5644ADVISORY
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.htmlWEB

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