MGASA-2019-0077

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    MGASA-2019-0077

    Published: 14 Feb 2019Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated dom4j packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: dom4j version prior to version 2.1.1 contains an XML Injection vulnerability in Class: Element. Methods: addElement, addAttribute that can result in an attacker tampering with XML documents through XML injection. This attack appears to be exploitable via an attacker specifying attributes or elements in the XML document (CVE-2018-1000632).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0077.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23677, https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2018-09/msg00174.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: dom4j

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/dom4j?arch=source&distro=mageia-6

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.6.1-28.1.mga6

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High