XML External Entity injection in Apache POI - CVE-2014-3529

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XML External Entity injection in Apache POI - CVE-2014-3529

Published: February 13, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU86349
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3529
CWE-ID: CWE-611
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied XML input. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted XML code to the affected application and view contents of arbitrary files on the system or initiate requests to external systems.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to view contents of arbitrary file on the server or perform network scanning of internal and external infrastructure.


Affected software

Apache POI
IBM Intelligent Operations Center
Atlas eDiscovery Process Management
Fedora
apache-poi
IBM Cognos Controller

How to mitigate CVE-2014-3529

Install updates from vendor's website.

Apache POI - update to 3.10.1
IBM Intelligent Operations Center - update to 5.2.4
apache-poi - addressed in versions 3.10.1-1.fc21, 3.10.1-2.fc21
Atlas eDiscovery Process Management - update to 6.0.3.9.7
IBM Cognos Controller - addressed in versions 11.0.1 FP7, 11.1.2 FP1

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