#943565 libapache-poi-java: CVE-2019-12415

#943565#5
Date:
2019-10-26 15:03:20 UTC
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Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for libapache-poi-java.

CVE-2019-12415[0]:
| 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.


If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-12415
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-12415

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore