CVE-2018-11788

Summary

CVECVE-2018-11788
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-01-07 16:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-02-12 20:38:00 UTC
DescriptionApache Karaf provides a features deployer, which allows users to "hot deploy" a features XML by dropping the file directly in the deploy folder. The features XML is parsed by XMLInputFactory class. Apache Karaf XMLInputFactory class doesn't contain any mitigation codes against XXE. This is a potential security risk as an user can inject external XML entities in Apache Karaf version prior to 4.1.7 or 4.2.2. It has been fixed in Apache Karaf 4.1.7 and 4.2.2 releases.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-611

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Karaf All All All All
Application Apache Karaf 4.2.0 milestone1 All All
Application Apache Karaf 4.2.0 milestone2 All All
Application Apache Karaf All All All All
Application Apache Karaf 4.2.0 milestone1 All All
Application Apache Karaf 4.2.0 milestone2 All All
Application Apache Karaf All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
karaf.apache.org/security/cve-2018-11788.txt MISC karaf.apache.org Vendor Advisory
Apache Karaf CVE-2018-11788 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

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 376223 Apache Karaf Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • 981176 Java (maven) Security Update for org.apache.karaf:karaf (GHSA-92wj-x78c-m4fx)
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