dom4j version prior to version 2.1.1 contains a CWE-91: XML Injection vulnerability in Class: Element. Methods: addElement, addAttribute that can result in an attacker tampering with XML documents through XML injection. This attack appear to be exploitable via an attacker specifying attributes or elements in the XML document. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.1.1 or later.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability that has been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - dom4j: XML Injection in Class: Element. Methods: addElement, addAttribute which can impact the integrity     of XML documents (CVE-2018-1000632)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2019:1159 advisory.

    Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform is a platform for Java applications based on the JBoss     Application Server.

    This release of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.22 serves as a replacement for Red Hat     JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.21, and includes bug fixes and enhancements, which are     documented in the Release Notes document linked to in the References.

    Security Fix(es):

    * admin-cli: wildfly-core: Cross-site scripting (XSS) in JBoss Management Console (CVE-2018-10934)

    * dom4j: XML Injection in Class: Element. Methods: addElement, addAttribute which can impact the integrity     of XML documents (CVE-2018-1000632)

    * jbossweb: tomcat: host name verification missing in WebSocket client (CVE-2018-8034)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related     information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    All users of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 are advised     to upgrade to these updated packages. The JBoss server process must be restarted for the update to take     effect.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4619-1 advisory.

    Mrio Areias discovered that dom4j did not properly validate XML document elements. An attacker could     exploit this with a crafted XML file to cause dom4j to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or     possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-1000632)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) installed on the remote host is 6.x prior to 6.4.22. It is therefore, affected my multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2019:1162 advisory:

  - admin-cli: wildfly-core: Cross-site scripting (XSS) in JBoss Management     Console (CVE-2018-10934)

  - dom4j: XML Injection in Class: Element. Methods: addElement, addAttribute     which can impact the integrity of XML documents (CVE-2018-1000632)

  - jbossweb: tomcat: host name verification missing in WebSocket client     (CVE-2018-8034)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

According to the version of the dom4j package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability :

  - dom4j version prior to version 2.1.1 contains a CWE-91:
    XML Injection vulnerability in Class: Element. Methods:
    addElement, addAttribute that can result in an attacker     tampering with XML documents through XML injection.
    This attack appear to be exploitable via an attacker     specifying attributes or elements in the XML document.
    This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.1.1     or later.(CVE-2018-1000632)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2019:3172 advisory.

    Red Hat Satellite is a systems management tool for Linux-based infrastructure. It allows for provisioning,     remote management, and monitoring of multiple Linux deployments with a single centralized tool.

    Security Fix(es):

    * rubygem-rack: Buffer size in multipart parser allows for denial of service (CVE-2018-16470)

    * dom4j: XML Injection in Class: Element. Methods: addElement, addAttribute which can impact the integrity     of XML documents (CVE-2018-1000632)

    * foreman: authorization bypasses in foreman-tasks leading to information disclosure (CVE-2019-10198)

    * katello: registry credentials are captured in plain text during repository discovery (CVE-2019-14825)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    Additional Changes:

    This update also fixes several bugs and adds various enhancements. Documentation for these changes is     available from the Release Notes document linked to in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

According to the version of the dom4j package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability :

  - dom4j version prior to version 2.1.1 contains a CWE-91:
    XML Injection vulnerability in Class: Element. Methods:
    addElement, addAttribute that can result in an attacker     tampering with XML documents through XML injection.
    This attack appear to be exploitable via an attacker     specifying attributes or elements in the XML document.
    (CVE-2018-1000632)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2019:1161 advisory.

    Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform is a platform for Java applications based on the JBoss     Application Server.

    This release of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.22 serves as a replacement for Red Hat     JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.21, and includes bug fixes and enhancements, which are     documented in the Release Notes document linked to in the References.

    Security Fix(es):

    * admin-cli: wildfly-core: Cross-site scripting (XSS) in JBoss Management     Console (CVE-2018-10934)

    * dom4j: XML Injection in Class: Element. Methods: addElement, addAttribute     which can impact the integrity of XML documents (CVE-2018-1000632)

    * jbossweb: tomcat: host name verification missing in WebSocket client     (CVE-2018-8034)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related     information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    All users of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 are advised     to upgrade to these updated packages. The JBoss server process must be restarted for the update to take     effect.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2019:1160 advisory.

    Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform is a platform for Java applications based on the JBoss     Application Server.

    This release of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.22 serves as a replacement for Red Hat     JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.21, and includes bug fixes and enhancements, which are     documented in the Release Notes document linked to in the References.

    Security Fix(es):

    * admin-cli: wildfly-core: Cross-site scripting (XSS) in JBoss Management     Console (CVE-2018-10934)

    * dom4j: XML Injection in Class: Element. Methods: addElement, addAttribute     which can impact the integrity of XML documents (CVE-2018-1000632)

    * jbossweb: tomcat: host name verification missing in WebSocket client     (CVE-2018-8034)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related     information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    All users of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 are advised     to upgrade to these updated packages. The JBoss server process must be restarted for the update to take     effect.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

This update for dom4j fixes the following issues :

  - CVE-2018-1000632: Prevent XML injection that could have     resulted in an attacker tampering with XML documents     (bsc#1105443).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2019:0365 advisory.

    Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform is a platform for Java applications based on the JBoss     Application Server.

    This release of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1.6 serves as a replacement for Red Hat     JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1.5, and includes bug fixes and enhancements, which are documented     in the Release Notes document linked to in the References.

    Security Fix(es):

    * wildfly-core: Cross-site scripting (XSS) in JBoss Management Console (CVE-2018-10934)

    * undertow: Infoleak in some circumstances where Undertow can serve data from a random buffer     (CVE-2018-14642)

    * dom4j: XML Injection in Class: Element. Methods: addElement, addAttribute which can impact the integrity     of XML documents (CVE-2018-1000632)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related     information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2019:0364 advisory.

    Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform is a platform for Java applications based on the JBoss     Application Server.

    This release of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1.6 serves as a replacement for Red Hat     JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1.5, and includes bug fixes and enhancements, which are documented     in the Release Notes document linked to in the References.

    Security Fix(es):

    * wildfly-core: Cross-site scripting (XSS) in JBoss Management Console (CVE-2018-10934)

    * undertow: Infoleak in some circumstances where Undertow can serve data from a random buffer     (CVE-2018-14642)

    * dom4j: XML Injection in Class: Element. Methods: addElement, addAttribute which can impact the integrity     of XML documents (CVE-2018-1000632)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related     information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

This update for dom4j fixes the following issues :

  - CVE-2018-1000632: Prevent XML injection vulnerability     that allowed an attacker to tamper with XML documents     (bsc#1105443)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.

Mario Areias discovered that dom4j, a XML framework for Java, was vulnerable to a XML injection attack. An attacker able to specify attributes or elements in the XML document might be able to modify the whole XML document.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', this problem has been fixed in version 1.6.1+dfsg.3-2+deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your dom4j packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
199126	RHEL 7 : dom4j (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
194177	RHEL 5 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.22 (RHSA-2019:1159)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
142499	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : dom4j vulnerability (USN-4619-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
132311	Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.x < 6.4.22 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	CGI abuses	high
132286	EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : dom4j (EulerOS-SA-2019-2569)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
131897	EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : dom4j (EulerOS-SA-2019-2405)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
130187	RHEL 7 : Red Hat Satellite 6 (RHSA-2019:3172)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
129117	EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : dom4j (EulerOS-SA-2019-1960)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
125035	RHEL 7 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.22 (RHSA-2019:1161)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
125034	RHEL 6 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.22 (RHSA-2019:1160)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
123387	openSUSE Security Update : dom4j (openSUSE-2019-958)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
122333	RHEL 7 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1.6 for RHEL 7 (RHSA-2019:0365)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
122332	RHEL 6 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1.6 on RHEL 6 (RHSA-2019:0364)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
119494	openSUSE Security Update : dom4j (openSUSE-2018-1486)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
117852	openSUSE Security Update : dom4j (openSUSE-2018-1077)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
117673	Debian DLA-1517-1 : dom4j security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high

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