XML External Entity (XXE) Injection Affecting libjgraphx-java package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.26% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-LIBJGRAPHXJAVA-340668
  • published24 Feb 2018
  • disclosed24 Feb 2018

Introduced: 24 Feb 2018

CVE-2017-18197  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-611  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:18.04 libjgraphx-java.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libjgraphx-java package and not the libjgraphx-java package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

In mxGraphViewImageReader.java in mxGraph before 3.7.6, the SAXParserFactory instance in convert() is missing flags to prevent XML External Entity (XXE) attacks, as demonstrated by /ServerView.