SB2018080603 - XXE attack in EMC Data Protection Advisor
Published: August 6, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018080603
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) XXE attack (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-11048)
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to perform XXE attack.
The weakness exists due to an error when processing malicious XML data. A remote attacker can supply specially crafted XML External Entity (XXE) data to the target REST API to read files on the target system with elevated privileges or cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.