XML External Entity (XXE) Injection Affecting checkstyle package, versions <6.15-1+deb9u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.65% (80th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-CHECKSTYLE-340598
  • published11 Mar 2019
  • disclosed11 Mar 2019

Introduced: 11 Mar 2019

CVE-2019-9658  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-611  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 checkstyle to version 6.15-1+deb9u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream checkstyle package and not the checkstyle package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

Checkstyle before 8.18 loads external DTDs by default.

References