GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven
GHSA-j24h-xcpc-9jw8 Eclipse IDE XXE in eclipse.platform
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2023-4218
- Ecosystem
- Maven
- Packages
- org.eclipse.platform:org.eclipse.core.runtime, org.eclipse.platform:org.eclipse.platform, org.eclipse.platform:org.eclipse.jface, org.eclipse.platform:org.eclipse.ui.forms, org.eclipse.platform:org.eclipse.ui.ide, org.eclipse.platform:org.eclipse.ui.workbench, org.eclipse.platform:org.eclipse.urischeme, org.eclipse.jdt:org.eclipse.jdt.ui
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Reviewed
- 2023-11-30
Affected packages
• Maven org.eclipse.platform:org.eclipse.core.runtime: < 3.29.0 → fixed in 3.29.0
• Maven org.eclipse.platform:org.eclipse.platform: < 4.29.0 → fixed in 4.29.0
• Maven org.eclipse.platform:org.eclipse.jface: < 3.31.0 → fixed in 3.31.0
• Maven org.eclipse.platform:org.eclipse.ui.forms: < 3.13.0 → fixed in 3.13.0
• Maven org.eclipse.platform:org.eclipse.ui.ide: < 3.21.100 → fixed in 3.21.100
• Maven org.eclipse.platform:org.eclipse.ui.workbench: < 3.130.0 → fixed in 3.130.0
• Maven org.eclipse.platform:org.eclipse.urischeme: < 1.3.100 → fixed in 1.3.100
• Maven org.eclipse.jdt:org.eclipse.jdt.ui: < 3.30.0 → fixed in 3.30.0
Description
Impact
xml files like ".project" are parsed vulnerable against all sorts of XXE attacks. The user just needs to open any evil project or update an open project with a vulnerable file (for example for review a foreign repository or patch).
Vulnerablility was found by static code analysis (SonarLint).
Example `.project` file:
```
]>
p
&xxe;
```
Patches
Similar patches including junit test that shows the vulnerability have already applied to PDE (see https://github.com/eclipse-pde/eclipse.pde/pull/667). A solution to platform should be the same: just reject parsing any XML that contains any `DOCTYPE`.
Workarounds
No known workaround. User can only avoid to get/open any foreign files with eclipse. Firewall rules against loss of data (but not against XML bomb).
References
https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/611.html
https://rules.sonarsource.com/java/RSPEC-2755
https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/vulnerability-reports/-/issues/8 (Report for multiple projects affected)
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2023-4218 In Eclipse IDE versions < 2023-09 (4.29) some files with xml content are parsed vulnerable against all sorts of XXE attacks. vulnerability
References
- https://github.com/eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform/security/advisories/GHSA-j24h-xcpc-9jw8 web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4218 advisory
- https://github.com/eclipse-emf/org.eclipse.emf/issues/10 web
- https://github.com/eclipse-pde/eclipse.pde/pull/632 web
- https://github.com/eclipse-pde/eclipse.pde/pull/667 web
- https://github.com/eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform.releng.buildtools/pull/45 web
- https://github.com/eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform/pull/761 web
- https://github.com/eclipse-cdt/cdt/commit/c7169b3186d2fef20f97467c3e2ad78e2943ed1b web
- https://github.com/eclipse-jdt/eclipse.jdt.core/commit/38dd2a878f45cdb3d8d52090f1d6d1b532fd4c4d web
- https://github.com/eclipse-jdt/eclipse.jdt.ui/commit/13675b1f8a74f47de4da89ed0ded6af7c21dfbec web
- https://github.com/eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform.swt/commit/bf71db5ddcb967c0863dad4745367b54f49e06ba web
- https://github.com/eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform.ui/commit/f243cf0a28785b89b7c50bf4e1cce48a917d89bd web
- https://github.com/eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform/commit/5dc372a0c5002b7f22e5d49eaa1cbf0916455daf web
- https://github.com/eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform package
- https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/vulnerability-reports/-/issues/8 web