UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8315

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8315

    Published: 20 Apr 2018Last Modified: 24 Oct 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-8315

    Summary:

    Details: Eclipse XML parser for the Eclipse IDE versions 2017.2.5 and earlier was found vulnerable to an XML External Entity attack. An attacker can exploit the vulnerability by implementing malicious code on Androidmanifest.xml.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8315, https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=519169, https://research.checkpoint.com/parsedroid-targeting-android-development-research-community/, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8315

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: apktool

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+dfsg-2?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.0.2+dfsg-1
    2.0.2+dfsg-2

    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