USN-3281-1

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    USN-3281-1

    Published: 9 May 2017Last Modified: 27 Apr 2026

    Summary: fop vulnerability

    Details: Pierre Ernst discovered that Apache Fop incorrectly handled XML external entities. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive files from the filesystem, or cause a denial of service.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3281-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5661

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: fop

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/fop@1:1.1.dfsg-2ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:1.1.dfsg-2ubuntu1.1

    Affected versions

    1:1.1.dfsg-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
    USN-3281-1 | CVE-DB