CVE-2020-10683

Summary

CVECVE-2020-10683
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-05-01 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:14:00 UTC
Descriptiondom4j before 2.0.3 and 2.1.x before 2.1.3 allows external DTDs and External Entities by default, which might enable XXE attacks. However, there is popular external documentation from OWASP showing how to enable the safe, non-default behavior in any application that uses dom4j.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-611

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Freemarker 2.3.31 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Application Dom4j Project Dom4j All All All All
Application Dom4j Project Dom4j All All All All
Application Netapp Oncommand Api Services - All All All
Application Netapp Oncommand Api Services - All All All
Application Netapp Oncommand Workflow Automation - All All All
Application Netapp Oncommand Workflow Automation - All All All
Application Netapp Snapcenter - All All All
Application Netapp Snapcenter - All All All
Application Netapp Snapmanager - All All All
Application Netapp Snapmanager - All All All
Application Netapp Snapmanager - All All All
Application Netapp Snapmanager - All All All
Application Netapp Snap Creator Framework - All All All
Application Netapp Snap Creator Framework - All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Application Oracle Agile Plm 9.3.3 All All All
Application Oracle Agile Plm 9.3.5 All All All
Application Oracle Application Testing Suite 13.3.0.1 All All All
Application Oracle Banking Platform All All All All
Application Oracle Business Process Management Suite 12.2.1.3.0 All All All
Application Oracle Business Process Management Suite 12.2.1.4.0 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Application Session Controller 3.9m0p1 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Diameter Signaling Router All All All All
Application Oracle Communications Unified Inventory Management 7.3.0 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Unified Inventory Management 7.4.0 All All All
Application Oracle Data Integrator 12.2.1.3.0 All All All
Application Oracle Data Integrator 12.2.1.4.0 All All All
Application Oracle Documaker All All All All
Application Oracle Endeca Information Discovery Integrator 3.2.0 All All All
Application Oracle Enterprise Data Quality 11.1.1.9.0 All All All
Application Oracle Enterprise Data Quality 12.2.1.3.0 All All All
Application Oracle Enterprise Manager Base Platform 13.4.0.0 All All All
Application Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications Infrastructure All All All All
Application Oracle Flexcube Core Banking 11.10.0 All All All
Application Oracle Flexcube Core Banking 11.7.0 All All All
Application Oracle Flexcube Core Banking 11.8.0 All All All
Application Oracle Flexcube Core Banking 11.9.0 All All All
Application Oracle Fusion Middleware 12.2.1.4.0 All All All
Application Oracle Health Sciences Empirica Signal 9.0 All All All
Application Oracle Health Sciences Information Manager 3.0.1 All All All
Application Oracle Insurance Policy Administration J2ee 10.2.0 All All All
Application Oracle Insurance Policy Administration J2ee 10.2.4 All All All
Application Oracle Insurance Policy Administration J2ee 11.0.2 All All All
Application Oracle Insurance Policy Administration J2ee All All All All
Application Oracle Insurance Rules Palette 10.2.0 All All All
Application Oracle Insurance Rules Palette 10.2.4 All All All
Application Oracle Insurance Rules Palette 11.0.2 All All All
Application Oracle Insurance Rules Palette All All All All
Application Oracle Jdeveloper 12.2.1.4.0 All All All
Application Oracle Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management All All All All
Application Oracle Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management All All All All
Application Oracle Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management All All All All
Application Oracle Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management All All All All
Application Oracle Rapid Planning 12.1 All All All
Application Oracle Rapid Planning 12.2 All All All
Application Oracle Rapid Planning 12.1 All All All
Application Oracle Rapid Planning 12.2 All All All
Application Oracle Retail Customer Management And Segmentation Foundation 16.0 All All All
Application Oracle Retail Customer Management And Segmentation Foundation 17.0 All All All
Application Oracle Retail Customer Management And Segmentation Foundation 18.0 All All All
Application Oracle Retail Customer Management And Segmentation Foundation 19.0 All All All
Application Oracle Retail Integration Bus 15.0 All All All
Application Oracle Retail Integration Bus 16.0 All All All
Application Oracle Retail Integration Bus 15.0 All All All
Application Oracle Retail Integration Bus 16.0 All All All
Application Oracle Retail Order Broker 15.0 All All All
Application Oracle Retail Order Broker 16.0 All All All
Application Oracle Retail Order Broker 18.0 All All All
Application Oracle Retail Order Broker 19.0 All All All
Application Oracle Retail Order Broker 19.1 All All All
Application Oracle Retail Price Management 14.0.3 All All All
Application Oracle Retail Price Management 14.1.3.0 All All All
Application Oracle Retail Price Management 15.0.3.0 All All All
Application Oracle Retail Price Management 16.0.3.0 All All All
Application Oracle Retail Xstore Point Of Service 15.0.4 All All All
Application Oracle Retail Xstore Point Of Service 16.0.6 All All All
Application Oracle Retail Xstore Point Of Service 17.0.4 All All All
Application Oracle Retail Xstore Point Of Service 18.0.3 All All All
Application Oracle Storagetek Tape Analytics Sw Tool 2.3 All All All
Application Oracle Utilities Framework 2.2.0.0.0 All All All
Application Oracle Utilities Framework 4.2.0.2.0 All All All
Application Oracle Utilities Framework 4.2.0.3.0 All All All
Application Oracle Utilities Framework 4.4.0.0.0 All All All
Application Oracle Utilities Framework 4.4.0.2.0 All All All
Application Oracle Utilities Framework All All All All
Application Oracle Webcenter Portal 11.1.1.9.0 All All All
Application Oracle Webcenter Portal 12.2.1.3.0 All All All
Application Oracle Webcenter Portal 12.2.1.4.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2020 MISC www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
Pony Mail! lists.apache.org
CVE-2020-10683 Dom4j Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2020 MISC www.oracle.com
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2021 N/A www.oracle.com
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2021 MISC www.oracle.com
Pony Mail! lists.apache.org
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2022 MISC www.oracle.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0719-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
Pony Mail! lists.apache.org
XML External Entity Prevention · OWASP Cheat Sheet Series MISC cheatsheetseries.owasp.org Third Party Advisory
Release version-2.1.3 · dom4j/dom4j · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
SAXReader uses system default XMLReader with its defaults. New factor… · dom4j/dom4j@a822852 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
SAXReader uses system XMLReaderFactory.createXMLReader() or SAXParserFactory.newInstance().newSAXParser() which has unsecure defaults · Issue #87 · dom4j/dom4j · GitHub MISC github.com Third Party Advisory
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
Commits · dom4j/dom4j · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
1694235 – (CVE-2020-10683) CVE-2020-10683 dom4j: XML External Entity vulnerability in default SAX parser MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2022 N/A www.oracle.com
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2021 MISC www.oracle.com
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2021 MISC www.oracle.com
USN-4575-1: dom4j vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 980314 Java (maven) Security Update for dom4j:dom4j (GHSA-hwj3-m3p6-hj38)
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