CVE-2021-23901

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-23901
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-01-25 10:16:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:31:00 UTC
DescriptionAn XML external entity (XXE) injection vulnerability was discovered in the Nutch DmozParser and is known to affect Nutch versions < 1.18. XML external entity injection (also known as XXE) is a web security vulnerability that allows an attacker to interfere with an application's processing of XML data. It often allows an attacker to view files on the application server filesystem, and to interact with any back-end or external systems that the application itself can access. This issue is fixed in Apache Nutch 1.18.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-611

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Nutch All All All All
Application Apache Nutch All All All All
Application Netapp Snap Creator Framework - All All All

References

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[announce] 20210124 CVE-2021-23901: An XML external entity (XXE) injection vulnerability exists in the Nutch DmozParser lists.apache.org
[nutch-dev] 20210125 Re: CVE-2021-23901: An XML external entity (XXE) injection vulnerability exists in the Nutch DmozParser lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
Pony Mail! CONFIRM lists.apache.org Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
CVE-2021-23901 Apache Nutch Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
[NUTCH-2841] Upgrade xercesImpl dependency - ASF JIRA CONFIRM issues.apache.org Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: The Apache Nutch Project Management Committee would like to thank Martin Heyden for reporting this issue.

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