SB2018041825 - Fedora 28 update for apache-poi
Published: April 18, 2018 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018041825
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-12626)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists due to infinite loops while parsing specially crafted WMF, EMF, MSG and macros and out of Memory exceptions while parsing specially crafted DOC, PPT and XLS. A remote attacker can cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.