CVE - CVE-2020-10683

CVE-ID
CVE-2020-10683	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
dom4j 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.
References
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CONFIRM:https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/commit/a8228522a99a02146106672a34c104adbda5c658 URL:https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/commit/a8228522a99a02146106672a34c104adbda5c658 CONFIRM:https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/releases/tag/version-2.1.3 URL:https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/releases/tag/version-2.1.3 CONFIRM:https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200518-0002/ URL:https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200518-0002/ MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1694235 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1694235 MISC:https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/XML_External_Entity_Prevention_Cheat_Sheet.html URL:https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/XML_External_Entity_Prevention_Cheat_Sheet.html MISC:https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/commits/version-2.0.3 URL:https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/commits/version-2.0.3 MISC:https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/issues/87 URL:https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/issues/87 MISC:https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html URL:https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html MISC:https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html URL:https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html MISC:https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html URL:https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html MISC:https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html URL:https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html MISC:https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html URL:https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html MISC:https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html URL:https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html MISC:https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html URL:https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html MISC:https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html URL:https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html MLIST:[freemarker-notifications] 20210906 [jira] [Created] (FREEMARKER-190) The jar dom4j has known security issue that Freemarker compiles dependend on it URL:https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb1b990d7920ae0d50da5109b73b92bab736d46c9788dd4b135cb1a51@%3Cnotifications.freemarker.apache.org%3E MLIST:[velocity-dev] 20201203 Re: Use of external DTDs - CVE-2020-10683 URL:https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r91c64cd51e68e97d524395474eaa25362d564572276b9917fcbf5c32@%3Cdev.velocity.apache.org%3E MLIST:[velocity-dev] 20201203 Use of external DTDs - CVE-2020-10683 URL:https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r51f3f9801058e47153c0ad9bc6209d57a592fc0e7aefd787760911b8@%3Cdev.velocity.apache.org%3E SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2020:0719 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00061.html UBUNTU:USN-4575-1 URL:https://usn.ubuntu.com/4575-1/
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20200320	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.
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Assigned (20200320)
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