XML External Entity (XXE) Injection Affecting tuxguitar package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.58% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-TUXGUITAR-1561552
  • published24 Jun 2020
  • disclosed23 Jun 2020

Introduced: 23 Jun 2020

CVE-2020-14940  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-611  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:12 tuxguitar.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tuxguitar package and not the tuxguitar package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in io/gpx/GPXDocumentReader.java in TuxGuitar 1.5.4. It uses misconfigured XML parsers, leading to XXE while loading GP6 (.gpx) and GP7 (.gp) tablature files.

CVSS Scores

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