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CVE-2019-9658

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Date: March 10, 2019

Checkstyle before 8.18 loads external DTDs by default.

Language: Java

Severity Score

5.3

Related Resources (27)

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2BMOPJ2XYE4LB2HM7OMSUBBIYEDUTLWE

Url: https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6bf8bbbca826e883f09ba40bc0d319350e1d6d4cf4df7c9e399b2699%40%3Ccommits.fluo.apache.org%3E

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a35a8ccb316d4c2340710f610cba8058e87d5376259b35ef3ed2bf89%40%3Cnotifications.accumulo.apache.org%3E

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VJPT54USMGWT3Y6XVXLDEHKRUY2EI4OE

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AEYBAHYAV37WHMOXZYM2ZWF46FHON6YC

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a35a8ccb316d4c2340710f610cba8058e87d5376259b35ef3ed2bf89@%3Cnotifications.accumulo.apache.org%3E

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00029.html

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6bf8bbbca826e883f09ba40bc0d319350e1d6d4cf4df7c9e399b2699@%3Ccommits.fluo.apache.org%3E

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AEYBAHYAV37WHMOXZYM2ZWF46FHON6YC/

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9658

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/fff26ee7b59360a0264fef4e8ed9454ef652db2c39f2892a9ea1c9cb%40%3Cnotifications.fluo.apache.org%3E

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rda99599896c3667f2cc9e9d34c7b6ef5d2bbed1f4801e1d75a2b0679%40%3Ccommits.nifi.apache.org%3E

Url: https://checkstyle.org/releasenotes.html#Release_8.18

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7eea10e7be4c21060cb1e79f6524c6e6559ba833b1465cd2870a56b9%40%3Cserver-dev.james.apache.org%3E

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2BMOPJ2XYE4LB2HM7OMSUBBIYEDUTLWE/

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7eea10e7be4c21060cb1e79f6524c6e6559ba833b1465cd2870a56b9@%3Cserver-dev.james.apache.org%3E

Url: https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/6478

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/994221405e940e148adcfd9cb24ffc6700bed70c7820c55a22559d26%40%3Cnotifications.fluo.apache.org%3E

Url: https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/6476

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VJPT54USMGWT3Y6XVXLDEHKRUY2EI4OE/

Url: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gp32-7h29-rpxm

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/fff26ee7b59360a0264fef4e8ed9454ef652db2c39f2892a9ea1c9cb@%3Cnotifications.fluo.apache.org%3E

Url: https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/6474

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rda99599896c3667f2cc9e9d34c7b6ef5d2bbed1f4801e1d75a2b0679@%3Ccommits.nifi.apache.org%3E

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/994221405e940e148adcfd9cb24ffc6700bed70c7820c55a22559d26@%3Cnotifications.fluo.apache.org%3E

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2019-9658

Severity Score

5.3

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE')

CWE-611

Security Features

CWE-254

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version checkstyle-8.18

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.3
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	5.0
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE
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