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title: CVE-2014-3529
description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the
  desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things.
url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3529
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# CVE-2014-3529

Publication date 4 September 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

The OPC SAX setup in Apache POI before 3.10.1 allows remote attackers to
read arbitrary files via an OpenXML file containing an XML external entity
declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML
External Entity (XXE) issue.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| libapache-poi-java | 19.04 disco | Not affected |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 17.10 artful | Ignored end of life |
| 17.04 zesty | Ignored end of life |
| 16.10 yakkety | Ignored end of life |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Ignored end of life |
| 15.04 vivid | Ignored end of life |
| 14.10 utopic | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3529)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3529)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-3529)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3529)

### Other references

* <https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=56164>
* <https://lucene.apache.org/solr/solrnews.html#18-august-2014-recommendation-to-update-apache-poi-in-apache-solr-480-481-and-490-installations>
* <http://www.apache.org/dist/poi/release/RELEASE-NOTES.txt>
* <http://secunia.com/advisories/60419>
* <http://poi.apache.org/changes.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3529>
