Debian Security Advisory
DLA-2191-1 dom4j -- LTS security update
- Date Reported:
- 01 May 2020
- Affected Packages:
- dom4j
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 958055.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2020-10683. - More information:
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A flaw was found in dom4j library. By using the default SaxReader() provided by Dom4J, external DTDs and External Entities are allowed, resulting in a possible XXE.
For Debian 8
Jessie
, this problem has been fixed in version 1.6.1+dfsg.3-2+deb8u2.We recommend that you upgrade your dom4j packages.
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