CVE-2019-12415 (Medium) detected in poi-ooxml-3.16.jar

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CVE-2019-12415 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - poi-ooxml-3.16.jar

Apache POI - Java API To Access Microsoft Format Files

Library home page: http://poi.apache.org/

Path to dependency file: cloud-pipeline/api/build.gradle

Path to vulnerable library: canner/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.apache.poi/poi-ooxml/3.16/76e20fe22404cc4da55ddfdaaaadee32bbfa3bdd/poi-ooxml-3.16.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• ❌ poi-ooxml-3.16.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 1db3170e0bd699acd5fec6e3fcebfa68fe86edcf

Found in base branch: develop

Vulnerability Details

In Apache POI up to 4.1.0, when using the tool XSSFExportToXml to convert user-provided Microsoft Excel documents, a specially crafted document can allow an attacker to read files from the local filesystem or from internal network resources via XML External Entity (XXE) Processing.

Publish Date: 2019-10-23

URL: CVE-2019-12415

CVSS 3 Score Details (5.5)

Base Score Metrics:

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

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-12415

Release Date: 2019-10-23

Fix Resolution: 4.1.1

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