Debian DLA-2191-1 : dom4j security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 136201

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

A flaw was found in dom4j library. By using the default SaxReader() provided by Dom4J, external DTDs and External Entities are allowed, resulting in a possible XXE.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', this problem has been fixed in version 1.6.1+dfsg.3-2+deb8u2.

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.

Solution

Upgrade the affected libdom4j-java, and libdom4j-java-doc packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 136201

File Name: debian_DLA-2191.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 5/1/2020

Updated: 12/5/2022

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-10683

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libdom4j-java, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libdom4j-java-doc, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/30/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/1/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-10683

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