CVE-2018-11048

Summary

CVECVE-2018-11048
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-08-10 20:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-12-08 17:08:00 UTC
DescriptionDell EMC Data Protection Advisor, versions 6.2, 6,3, 6.4, 6.5 and Dell EMC Integrated Data Protection Appliance (IDPA) versions 2.0, 2.1 contain a XML External Entity (XXE) Injection vulnerability in the REST API. An authenticated remote malicious user could potentially exploit this vulnerability to read certain system files in the server or cause denial of service by supplying specially crafted Document Type Definitions (DTDs) in an XML request.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-611

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Dell Emc Data Protection Advisor 6.2 All All All
Application Dell Emc Data Protection Advisor 6.3 All All All
Application Dell Emc Data Protection Advisor 6.4 All All All
Application Dell Emc Data Protection Advisor 6.5 All All All
Application Dell Emc Data Protection Advisor 6.2 All All All
Application Dell Emc Data Protection Advisor 6.3 All All All
Application Dell Emc Data Protection Advisor 6.4 All All All
Application Dell Emc Data Protection Advisor 6.5 All All All
Application Dell Emc Integrated Data Protection Appliance 2.0 All All All
Application Dell Emc Integrated Data Protection Appliance 2.1 All All All
Application Dell Emc Integrated Data Protection Appliance 2.0 All All All
Application Dell Emc Integrated Data Protection Appliance 2.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Full Disclosure: DSA-2018-112: Dell EMC Data Protection Advisor XML External Entity Vulnerability FULLDISC seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
EMC Data Protection Advisor XML External Entity Processing Flaw Lets Remote Authenticated Users Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
EMC Data Protection Advisor CVE-2018-11048 XML External Entity Injection Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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