SB2022030703 - Denial of service in Apache POI
Published: March 7, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2022030703
Severity
Medium
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) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-26336)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources within the HMEF package. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted TNEF file to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.