vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-4575-1 (CVE-2020-10683): dom4j vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | May 1, 2020 | Oct 14, 2020 | Aug 18, 2025 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
May 1, 2020
Added
Oct 14, 2020
Modified
Aug 18, 2025
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
ubuntu-upgrade-libdom4j-java
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