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[jira] [Created] (NIFI-4821) Upgrade to Apache POI 3.16 or newer

Joseph Witt created NIFI-4821:
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             Summary: Upgrade to Apache POI 3.16 or newer
                 Key: NIFI-4821
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-4821
             Project: Apache NiFi
          Issue Type: Improvement
            Reporter: Joseph Witt


CVE-2017-12626 was announced today with the text:

 

Title: CVE-2017-12626 – Denial of Service Vulnerabilities in Apache POI < 3.17

Severity: Important

Vendor: The Apache Software Foundation

Versions affected: versions prior to version 3.17

Description:   
    Apache POI versions prior to release 3.17 are vulnerable to Denial of Service Attacks:
    * Infinite Loops while parsing specially crafted WMF, EMF, MSG and macros
          (POI bugs 61338 [0] and 61294 [1])
    * Out of Memory Exceptions while parsing specially crafted DOC, PPT and XLS 
          (POI bugs 52372 [2] and 61295 [3])


Mitigation:  Users with applications which accept content from external or untrusted sources are advised to upgrade to Apache POI 3.17 or newer.

-Tim Allison

on behalf of the Apache POI PMC

 

[0] [https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=61338]
[1] [https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=61294]
[2] [https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=52372]
[3] [https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=61295]



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