UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15691

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15691

    Published: 26 Apr 2018Last Modified: 24 Oct 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-15691

    Summary:

    Details: In Apache uimaj prior to 2.10.2, Apache uimaj 3.0.0-xxx prior to 3.0.0-beta, Apache uima-as prior to 2.10.2, Apache uimaFIT prior to 2.4.0, Apache uimaDUCC prior to 2.2.2, this vulnerability relates to an XML external entity expansion (XXE) capability of various XML parsers. UIMA as part of its configuration and operation may read XML from various sources, which could be tainted in ways to cause inadvertent disclosure of local files or other internal content.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15691, https://uima.apache.org/security_report#CVE-2017-15691, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-15691

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: uimaj

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.7.0-1

    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
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High