Security Bulletin: IBM SPSS Statistics is affected by an Apache Poi vulnerability (CVE-2017-12626)

Summary

IBM SPSS Statistics has addressed the following vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2017-12626**
DESCRIPTION: *Apache POI is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error while parsing malicious WMF, EMF, MSG and macros and specially crafted DOC, PPT and XLS. By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to enter into an infinite loop or an out of memory exception.
CVSS Base Score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/138361 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected IBM SPSS Statistics

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Affected Versions

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SPSS Statistics| 21.0.0.2
SPSS Statistics| 22.0.0.2
SPSS Statistics| 23.0.0.3
SPSS Statistics| 24.0.0.2
SPSS Statistics| 25.0.0.1

Remediation/Fixes

Product

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VRMF

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APAR

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Remediation / First Fix

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SPSS Statistics| 21.0.0.2| None| Install Statistics 21 FP002 IF015
SPSS Statistics| 22.0.0.2| None| Install Statistics 22 FP002 IF016
SPSS Statistics| 23.0.0.3| None| Install Statistics 23 FP003 IF012
SPSS Statistics| 24.0.0.2| None| Install Statistics 24 FP002 IF009
SPSS Statistics| 25.0.01| None| Install Statistics 25 FP001 IF004

Workarounds and Mitigations

None