CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-12621
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-09-28
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-611
Description
During Jelly (xml) file parsing with Apache Xerces, if a custom doctype entity is declared with a "SYSTEM" entity with a URL and that entity is used in the body of the Jelly file, during parser instantiation the parser will attempt to connect to said URL. This could lead to XML External Entity (XXE) attacks in Apache Commons Jelly before 1.0.1.
Affected configurations
• apache commons jelly (< 1.0.1)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101052 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039444 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JELLY-293 Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f1fc3f2c45264af44ce782d54b5908ac95f02bf7ad88bb57bfb04b73%40%3Cdev.commons.apache.org%3E lists.apache.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101052 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039444 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JELLY-293 Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f1fc3f2c45264af44ce782d54b5908ac95f02bf7ad88bb57bfb04b73%40%3Cdev.commons.apache.org%3E lists.apache.org