CVE - CVE-2017-12621

CVE-ID
CVE-2017-12621	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
During Jelly (xml) file parsing with Apache Xerces, if a custom doctype entity is declared with a "SYSTEM" entity with a URL and that entity is used in the body of the Jelly file, during parser instantiation the parser will attempt to connect to said URL. This could lead to XML External Entity (XXE) attacks in Apache Commons Jelly before 1.0.1.
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BID:101052 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101052 CONFIRM:https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JELLY-293 MLIST:[dev] 20170927 [SECURITY] CVE-2017-12621 Apache Commons Jelly connects to URL with custom doctype definitions. URL:https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f1fc3f2c45264af44ce782d54b5908ac95f02bf7ad88bb57bfb04b73@%3Cdev.commons.apache.org%3E SECTRACK:1039444 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039444
Assigning CNA
Apache Software Foundation
Date Record Created
20170807	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20170807)
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