PT-2018-9497 · Eclipse · Rdf4J

Prodigysml · Published 2018-08-20 · Updated 2018-11-01 · CVE-2018-1000644

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

10

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Eclipse RDF4j versions prior to 2.4.0 Milestone 2

Description The issue concerns a XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in the RDF4j XML parser when parsing RDF files. This can lead to the disclosure of confidential data, denial of service, server-side request forgery, and port scanning. The attack is exploitable via specially crafted RDF files.

Recommendations For Eclipse RDF4j versions prior to 2.4.0 Milestone 2, update to version 2.4.0 Milestone 2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the parsing of RDF files from untrusted sources to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XXE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-611

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-1000644

GHSA-6XQ8-PVG4-3MF3

Affected Products

Rdf4J

References · 7

• https://github.com/eclipse/rdf4j/issues/1056 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-1000644 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000644 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-6xq8-pvg4-3mf3 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/eclipse/rdf4j · Note
• https://0dd.zone/2018/08/05/rdf4j-XXE · Note
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6xq8-pvg4-3mf3 · Note