CVE-2020-10683
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
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Description
dom4j allows External Entities by default which might enable XXE attacks
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
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 | 2.1.3-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2.1.3-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 2.1.3-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 2.1.3-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 2.1.3-1 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.dom4j:dom4j | <2.0.3 | 2.0.3 |
| Maven | org.dom4j:dom4j | >=2.1.0,<2.1.3 | 2.1.3 |
| Maven | dom4j:dom4j | <=1.6.1 | |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-10683.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-10683
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10683
- https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/issues/87
- https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/commit/1707bf3d898a8ada3b213acb0e3b38f16eaae73d
- https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/commit/a8228522a99a02146106672a34c104adbda5c658
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4575-1
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200518-0002
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb1b990d7920ae0d50da5109b73b92bab736d46c9788dd4b135cb1a51@%3Cnotifications.freemarker.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r91c64cd51e68e97d524395474eaa25362d564572276b9917fcbf5c32@%3Cdev.velocity.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r51f3f9801058e47153c0ad9bc6209d57a592fc0e7aefd787760911b8@%3Cdev.velocity.apache.org%3E
- https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/releases/tag/version-2.1.3
- https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/commits/version-2.0.3
- https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j
- https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/XML_External_Entity_Prevention_Cheat_Sheet.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1694235
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00061.html
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.