Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 15, 2020· Updated Aug 5, 2024
CVE-2019-17637
CVE-2019-17637
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.
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Affected products
2<=3.18+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <=3.18
- (no CPE)range: 1.0 to 3.18
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
2- bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgimitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00016.htmlmitremailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
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