PT-2019-19782 · Checkstyle · Checkstyle

Published 2019-03-11 · Updated 2020-10-01 · CVE-2019-9658

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Checkstyle versions prior to 8.18

Description The issue allows Checkstyle to load external DTDs by default, which can potentially lead to denial of service attacks or the leaking of confidential information.

Recommendations For versions prior to 8.18, update to version 8.18 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

XXE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-611

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-9658

DLA-1768-1

DLA-2099-1

GHSA-GP32-7H29-RPXM

Affected Products

Checkstyle

References · 36

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-9658 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-9658 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VJPT54USMGWT3Y6XVXLDEHKRUY2EI4OE · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-1768-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/message/AEYBAHYAV37WHMOXZYM2ZWF46FHON6YC · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9658 · Security Note
• https://checkstyle.org/releasenotes.html#Release_8.18 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-9658 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-2099-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-9658 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AEYBAHYAV37WHMOXZYM2ZWF46FHON6YC · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-9658 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/message/VJPT54USMGWT3Y6XVXLDEHKRUY2EI4OE · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-gp32-7h29-rpxm · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/message/2BMOPJ2XYE4LB2HM7OMSUBBIYEDUTLWE · Vendor Advisory