#VU14164 XXE attack in Apache Camel - CVE-2018-8027

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#VU14164 XXE attack in Apache Camel - CVE-2018-8027

Published: August 1, 2018 / Updated: August 1, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU14164
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-8027
CWE-ID: CWE-611
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Apache Camel
Software vendor:
Apache Foundation

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XXE attack.

The weakness exists due to improper handling of XML external entity (XXE) declarations by the XSD validation processor. A remote attacker can trick the victim victim into opening a specially crafted XML content to read arbitrary files.


Remediation

The vulnerability is addressed in the versions 2.20.4, 2.21.1.

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