USN-4619-1

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    USN-4619-1

    Published: 5 Nov 2020Last Modified: 27 Apr 2026

    Summary: dom4j vulnerability

    Details: Mário Areias discovered that dom4j did not properly validate XML document elements. An attacker could exploit this with a crafted XML file to cause dom4j to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-1000632)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4619-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1000632

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: dom4j

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.6.1+dfsg.3-2ubuntu1.2

    Affected versions

    1.6.1+dfsg.3-2ubuntu1
    1.6.1+dfsg.3-2ubuntu1.1

    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
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