UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000632

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000632

    Published: 20 Aug 2018Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Aliases:
    USN-4619-1

    Summary:

    Details: dom4j version prior to version 2.1.1 contains a CWE-91: XML Injection vulnerability in Class: Element. Methods: addElement, addAttribute that can result in an attacker tampering with XML documents through XML injection. This attack appear to be exploitable via an attacker specifying attributes or elements in the XML document. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.1.1 or later.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1000632, https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/commit/e598eb43d418744c4dbf62f647dd2381c9ce9387, https://github.com/dom4j/dom4j/issues/48, https://ihacktoprotect.com/post/dom4j-xml-injection/, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4619-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-1000632

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: dom4j

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+dfsg.3-2ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.6.1+dfsg.3-2ubuntu1

    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
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