XXE attack in SEL AcSELerator Architect and SEL Compass - CVE-2018-10600

Vulnerability identifier: #VU13801

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 8.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-10600

CWE-ID: CWE-611

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to conduct XXE attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the AcSELerator Architect XML parser, conduct XXE attack and retrieve arbitrary data or cause the service to crash.

SEL AcSELerator Architect
SEL Compass
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power
Opensuse

SEL AcSELerator Architect - update to 2.2.28.0
SEL Compass - update to 5.0.6.0

• https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-191-02

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Schweitzer Engineering Compass and AcSELerator Architector
• OpenSUSE Linux update for python3
• Red Hat update for python