CVE-2017-1000061
high
CVSS v3
7.1
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.1
Description
xmlsec 1.2.23 and before is vulnerable to XML External Entity Expansion when parsing crafted input documents, resulting in possible information disclosure or denial of service
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
70%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1.2.24-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1.2.24-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1.2.24-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1.2.24-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1.2.24-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| xmlsec_project | xmlsec | {"endIncluding":"1.2.23"} | |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2492
- https://github.com/lsh123/xmlsec/issues/43
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3PWHBRWXR3RNPHDSTQI6UWDG5ETOQ7VR/
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-1000061.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-1000061
CWEs
CWE-611
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.