GHSA-6pcc-3rfx-4gpm
Dom4j contains a XML Injection vulnerability
Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.dom4j:dom4j | < 2.0.3 | 2.0.3 |
| Maven | org.dom4j:dom4j | >= 2.1.0, < 2.1.1 | 2.1.1 |
| Maven | dom4j:dom4j | <= 1.6.1 | no fix listed |
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
dom4j version prior to version 2.1.1 contains a CWE-91: XML Injection vulnerability in Class: Element. Methods: addElement, addAttribute that can result in an attacker tampering with XML documents through XML injection. This attack appear to be exploitable via an attacker specifying attributes or elements in the XML document. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.1.1 or later.
Note: This advisory applies to `dom4j:dom4j` version 1.x legacy artifacts. To resolve this a change to the latest version of `org.dom4j:dom4j` is recommended.
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000632
- https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/issues/48
- https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/commit/e598eb43d418744c4dbf62f647dd2381c9ce9387
- https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/commit/c2a99d7dee8ce7a4e5bef134bb781a6672bd8a0f
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/708d94141126eac03011144a971a6411fcac16d9c248d1d535a39451@%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7e9e78f0e4288fac6591992836d2a80d4df19161e54bd71ab4b8e458@%3Cdev.maven.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7f6e120e6ed473f4e00dde4c398fc6698eb383bd7857d20513e989ce@%3Cdev.maven.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9d4c1af6f702c3d6d6f229de57112ddccac8ce44446a01b7937ab9e0@%3Ccommits.maven.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/d7d960b2778e35ec9b4d40c8efd468c7ce7163bcf6489b633491c89f@%3Cdev.maven.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb1b990d7920ae0d50da5109b73b92bab736d46c9788dd4b135cb1a51@%3Cnotifications.freemarker.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00028.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/IOOVVCRQE6ATFD2JM2EMDXOQXTRIVZGP
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/KJULAHVR3I5SX7OSMXAG75IMNSAYOXGA
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190530-0001
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5a020ecaa3c701f408f612f7ba2ee37a021644c4a39da2079ed3ddbc@%3Ccommits.maven.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/4a77652531d62299a30815cf5f233af183425db8e3c9a824a814e768@%3Cdev.maven.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/00571f362a7a2470fba50a31282c65637c40d2e21ebe6ee535a4ed74@%3Ccommits.maven.apache.org%3E
- https://ihacktoprotect.com/post/dom4j-xml-injection
- https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6pcc-3rfx-4gpm
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3172
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1162
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1161
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1160
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1159
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0380
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0365
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0364
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0362