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Security Bulletin:Open Source Apache Poi Vulnerability in IBM eDiscovery Manager

Created by Atul Jaysingpure on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/554097
554097

Security Bulletin


Summary

Apache POI could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when XLSX2CSV example uses Java's XML components to parse OpenXML files. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using an XML document containing an external entity reference to read arbitrary files on the system.

Vulnerability Details


CVEID: CVE-2016-5000
DESCRIPTION: Apache POI could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when XLSX2CSV example uses Java's XML components to parse OpenXML files. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using an XML document containing an external entity reference to read arbitrary files on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/115530 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM eDiscovery Manager Version 2.2.2

Remediation/Fixes

Product

VRMRemediation
IBM eDiscovery Manager 2.2.2Use IBM eDiscovery Manager 2.2.2.2 Interim Fix IF0003 available at https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/

Workarounds and Mitigations

NA

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References

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Change History

March 31, 2017: Original version published

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

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Document Information

Modified date:
17 June 2018

UID

swg21992041