WS-2016-7061 (Medium) detected in poi-3.15.jar

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WS-2016-7061 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - poi-3.15.jar

Apache POI - Java API To Access Microsoft Format Files

Path to vulnerable library: sbt-project/poi-3.15.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• ❌ poi-3.15.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: f3d090205af1be224a1ad8d4e970d8b3d752dd4d

Vulnerability Details

Apache POI before 3.16-beta1 is vulnerable to bufferoverflow attack due to lack of length sanity check for length of embedded OLE10Native.

Publish Date: 2016-10-14

URL: WS-2016-7061

CVSS 3 Score Details (4.8)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: High
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: Low
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: Low

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: apache/poi@7f9f8e9

Release Date: 2019-09-26

Fix Resolution: 3.16-beta1

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