CVE-2017-12620

Summary

CVECVE-2017-12620
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-10-03 01:29:00 UTC
Updated2017-11-02 16:39:00 UTC
DescriptionWhen loading models or dictionaries that contain XML it is possible to perform an XXE attack, since Apache OpenNLP is a library, this only affects applications that load models or dictionaries from untrusted sources. The versions 1.5.0 to 1.5.3, 1.6.0, 1.7.0 to 1.7.2, 1.8.0 to 1.8.1 of Apache OpenNLP are affected.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-611

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Opennlp 1.5.0 All All All
Application Apache Opennlp 1.5.1 All All All
Application Apache Opennlp 1.5.2 All All All
Application Apache Opennlp 1.5.3 All All All
Application Apache Opennlp 1.6.0 All All All
Application Apache Opennlp 1.7.0 All All All
Application Apache Opennlp 1.7.1 All All All
Application Apache Opennlp 1.7.2 All All All
Application Apache Opennlp 1.8.0 All All All
Application Apache Opennlp 1.8.1 All All All
Application Apache Opennlp 1.5.0 All All All
Application Apache Opennlp 1.5.1 All All All
Application Apache Opennlp 1.5.2 All All All
Application Apache Opennlp 1.5.3 All All All
Application Apache Opennlp 1.6.0 All All All
Application Apache Opennlp 1.7.0 All All All
Application Apache Opennlp 1.7.1 All All All
Application Apache Opennlp 1.7.2 All All All
Application Apache Opennlp 1.8.0 All All All
Application Apache Opennlp 1.8.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE-2017-12620 - Apache OpenNLP XXE vulnerability - Apache OpenNLP CONFIRM opennlp.apache.org Exploit, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 376090 IBM Cognos Analytics Multiple Vulnerabilities (6491661)
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