XML External Entity injection in Jena - CVE-2021-39239

Vulnerability identifier: #VU56669

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-39239

CWE-ID: CWE-611

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied XML input. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted XML code to the affected application and view contents of arbitrary files on the system or initiate requests to external systems.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to view contents of arbitrary file on the server or perform network scanning of internal and external infrastructure.

Jena
Jazz Foundation
IBM Integration Bus
Netcool Operations Insight
IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS Next
IBM Engineering Lifecycle Optimization - Publishing
Storage Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for Hyper-V
Storage Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware
Jazz Reporting Service

Install updates from vendor's website.

Jena - update to 4.2.0
Netcool Operations Insight - update to 1.6.15
IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS Next - addressed in versions 7.0.1 ifix 20, 7.0.2 ifix 20a
IBM Engineering Lifecycle Optimization - Publishing - addressed in versions 7.0.1.23, 7.0.2.25
Jazz Reporting Service - update to 7.0.2 iFix021
Jazz Foundation - addressed in versions 7.0.3, 7.1.0
Storage Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for Hyper-V - update to 8.1.20.0
Storage Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware - update to 8.1.20.0

• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf44d529c54ef1d0097e813f576a0823a727e1669a9f610d3221d493d%40%3Cusers.jena.apache.org%3E
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf44d529c54ef1d0097e813f576a0823a727e1669a9f610d3221d493d@%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E

• XML External Entity (XXE) in Apache Jena
• XML external entity injection in IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Integration Bus
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Jazz Reporting Service
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Engineering Lifecycle Optimization - Publishing
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Storage Protect for Virtual Environments
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Jazz Foundation
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Netcool Operations Insight