CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-15691
6.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-04-26
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-611
Description
In Apache uimaj prior to 2.10.2, Apache uimaj 3.0.0-xxx prior to 3.0.0-beta, Apache uima-as prior to 2.10.2, Apache uimaFIT prior to 2.4.0, Apache uimaDUCC prior to 2.2.2, this vulnerability relates to an XML external entity expansion (XXE) capability of various XML parsers. UIMA as part of its configuration and operation may read XML from various sources, which could be tainted in ways to cause inadvertent disclosure of local files or other internal content.
Affected configurations
• apache uimaj (< 2.10.2)
• apache uimaj 3.0.0
• apache uima-as (< 2.10.2)
• apache uimafit (< 2.4.0)
• apache uimaducc (< 2.2.2)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference weakness
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1545 access.redhat.com
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/00407c65738e625a8cc9d732923a4ab2d8299603cc7c7e5cc2da9c79%40%3Ccommits.uima.apache.org%3E lists.apache.org
- https://uima.apache.org/security_report#CVE-2017-15691 Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1545 access.redhat.com
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/00407c65738e625a8cc9d732923a4ab2d8299603cc7c7e5cc2da9c79%40%3Ccommits.uima.apache.org%3E lists.apache.org
- https://uima.apache.org/security_report#CVE-2017-15691 Vendor Advisory