PT-2019-4260 · Apache · Apache Karaf

Published 2019-01-07 · Updated 2019-02-12 · CVE-2018-11788

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apache Karaf versions prior to 4.1.7 Apache Karaf versions prior to 4.2.2

Description The issue is related to the XMLInputFactory class in Apache Karaf, which lacks mitigation against XXE attacks. This allows an attacker to inject external XML entities, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution. The vulnerability is associated with the incorrect restriction of XML links to external objects.

Recommendations For Apache Karaf versions prior to 4.1.7, update to version 4.1.7 or later to resolve the issue. For Apache Karaf versions prior to 4.2.2, update to version 4.2.2 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

XXE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-611

Related Identifiers

BDU:2019-04862

CVE-2018-11788

GHSA-92WJ-X78C-M4FX

Affected Products

Apache Karaf

References · 11

• 🔥 https://github.com/brianwrf/CVE-2018-11788 · Exploit
• http://karaf.apache.org/security/cve-2018-11788.txt · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-04862 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-92wj-x78c-m4fx · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-11788 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11788 · Security Note
• https://github.com/apache/karaf/commit/0c36c50bc158739c8fc8543122a6740c54adafca · Note
• https://github.com/apache/karaf · Note
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-11788 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/106479 · Note
• https://web.archive.org/web/20200227101219/https://securityfocus.com/bid/106479 · Note