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Debian: CVE-2020-10683: dom4j -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2020-10683: dom4j -- security update

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/30/2020
Created
05/01/2020
Added
04/30/2020
Modified
07/30/2020

Description

dom4j before 2.0.3 and 2.1.x before 2.1.3 allows external DTDs and External Entities by default, which might enable XXE attacks. However, there is popular external documentation from OWASP showing how to enable the safe, non-default behavior in any application that uses dom4j.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-dom4j

References

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