Debian DSA-2468-1 : libjakarta-poi-java - unbounded memory allocation

medium Nessus Plugin ID 59062

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

It was discovered that Apache POI, a Java implementation of the Microsoft Office file formats, would allocate arbitrary amounts of memory when processing crafted documents. This could impact the stability of the Java virtual machine.

Solution

Upgrade the libjakarta-poi-java packages.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 3.6+dfsg-1+squeeze1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 59062

File Name: debian_DSA-2468.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 5/10/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libjakarta-poi-java, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/9/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0213

DSA: 2468

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