Vigil@nce - Dom4J: external XML entity injection via SaxReader
July 2020 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/computer-vulnerability
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Debian, openSUSE Leap.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: data reading, denial of service on service.
Provenance: document.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 01/05/2020.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can transmit malicious XML data via SaxReader() to
Dom4J, in order to read a file, scan sites, or trigger a denial of
service.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Dom4J-external-XML-entity-injection-via-SaxReader-32161