XML External Entity (XXE) Injection Affecting eclipse-wtp package, versions <3.18-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (35th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-ECLIPSEWTP-590136
  • published16 Jul 2020
  • disclosed15 Jul 2020

Introduced: 15 Jul 2020

CVE-2019-17637  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-611  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable eclipse-wtp to version 3.18-1 or higher.

NVD Description

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

In all versions of Eclipse Web Tools Platform through release 3.18 (2020-06), XML and DTD files referring to external entities could be exploited to send the contents of local files to a remote server when edited or validated, even when external entity resolution is disabled in the user preferences.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1