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GHSA-w9j7-phm3-f97j

Ucum-java has an XXE vulnerability in XML parsing

Source: GitHub Advisory Database (reviewed) High CVE-2024-55887

Packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
Maven org.fhir:ucum < 1.0.9 1.0.9

Details

As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).

### Impact XML parsing performed by the UcumEssenceService is vulnerable to XML external entity injections. A processed XML file with a malicious DTD tag could produce XML containing data from the host system. This impacts use cases where ucum is being used to within a host where external clients can submit XML. ### Patches Release 1.0.9 of ucum fixes this vulnerability ### Workarounds Ensure that the source xml for instantiating UcumEssenceService is trusted. ### References * https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/611.html * https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/XML_External_Entity_Prevention_Cheat_Sheet.html#jaxp-documentbuilderfactory-saxparserfactory-and-dom4j

References

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