XML Entity Expansion (Billion Laughs Attack) Affecting ro.pippo:pippo-jaxb package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (41st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ROPIPPO-449734
  • published12 Jun 2019
  • disclosed12 Jun 2019
  • creditAaron Massey

Introduced: 12 Jun 2019

CVE-2019-5442  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-776  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for ro.pippo:pippo-jaxb.

Overview

ro.pippo:pippo-jaxb is an open source (Apache License) micro web framework in Java.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to XML Entity Expansion (Billion Laughs Attack) due to unsafely parsing user provided XML file. The fromString() in the ro.pippo.jaxb.JaxbEngine class allows user provided DTDs that the rest of the XML may reference. This can lead to recursive entity expansion and a subsequent billion laughs attack, leading to denial of service.

CVSS Base Scores

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