XML External Entity (XXE) Injection Affecting nginx-mod-http-perl package, versions <1:1.10.2-1.el7at


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.25% (65th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-NGINXMODHTTPPERL-3478464
  • published26 Mar 2023
  • disclosed6 Jun 2012

Introduced: 6 Jun 2012

CVE-2012-6685  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-611  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 nginx-mod-http-perl to version 1:1.10.2-1.el7at or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2019:0212.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nginx-mod-http-perl package and not the nginx-mod-http-perl package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Nokogiri before 1.5.4 is vulnerable to XXE attacks

CVSS Scores

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