GHSA-qwgx-59jw-qfg9

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in Apache Batik

At a glance

Published
Updated
CVE
CVE-2017-5662
CVSS_V3
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Description

In Apache Batik before 1.9, files lying on the filesystem of the server which uses batik can be revealed to arbitrary users who send maliciously formed SVG files. The file types that can be shown depend on the user context in which the exploitable application is running. If the user is root a full compromise of the server - including confidential or sensitive files - would be possible. XXE can also be used to attack the availability of the server via denial of service as the references within a xml document can trivially trigger an amplification attack.

Affected packages

PackageVersions
Maven · org.apache.xmlgraphics:batikintroduced 0, fixed 1.9

References

Sources

SourceLicence
OSV.devCC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database