CVE-2019-17637 Information

Description

In all versions of Eclipse Web Tools Platform through release 3.18 (2020-06) XML and DTD files referring to external entities could be exploited to send the contents of local files to a remote server when edited or validated even when external entity resolution is disabled in the user preferences.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Reference

https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=458571 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00016.html

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

7.1