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GHSA-7579-Q6RQ-WF6R

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 19:16 – Updated: 2022-05-24 19:16

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Apache OpenOffice has a dependency on expat software. Versions prior to 2.1.0 were subject to CVE-2013-0340 a "Billion Laughs" entity expansion denial of service attack and exploit via crafted XML files. ODF files consist of a set of XML files. All versions of Apache OpenOffice up to 4.1.10 are subject to this issue. expat in version 4.1.11 is patched.

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CVE-2021-40439 (GCVE-0-2021-40439)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-10-07 15:50 – Updated: 2024-08-04 02:44

Title

Billion Laughs

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

CWE-611 - Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Assigner

apache CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard B 76/100 over 1088 records in the last 180 days details

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfb2c1933604…	x_refsource_MISC
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r41eca5f4f09…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/10/07/4	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Apache Software Foundation	Apache OpenOffice	Affected: Apache OpenOffice , ≤ 4.1.10 (custom) Affected: OpenOffice.org , ≤ 3.4 (custom)

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