Security Bulletin
Summary
eDiscovery Manager addressed the following vulnerability. Apache POI is vulnerable to a denial of service, cause by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when is processing XML data.By using a specially crafted OOXML file, a remote attacker might exploit this vulnerability to use all available CPU resources.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2017-5644
DESCRIPTION: Apache POI is vulnerable to a denial of service, cause by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data. By using a specially-crafted OOXML file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to consume all available CPU resources.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/123699 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Affected Products and Versions
IBM eDiscovery Manager v2.2.2
Remediation/Fixes
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Product | VRM | Remediation |
| IBM eDiscovery Manager | 2.2.2 | Use IBM eDiscovery Manager 2.2.2 Interim Fix 0005 |
Workarounds and Mitigations
NA
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References
Change History
October 29, 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
swg22005630