Withdrawn Advisory: dom4j XML Entity Expansion vulnerability
This advisory has been withdrawn because [the underlying vulnerability could not be reproduced](https://github.com/joker-xiaoyan/XXE-SAXReader/issues/1#issuecomment-1783780581). This link is maintained to preserve external references.
An issue in dom4.j org.dom4.io.SAXReader v.2.1.4 and before allows a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information via the setFeature function.
GHSA-fgq9-fc3q-vqmw is classified as CWE-776: XML Entity Expansion. Nested entity definitions expand enormously when parsed, consuming memory and CPU.
GHSA-fgq9-fc3q-vqmw is recorded against 1 package.
Published on 25 October 2023 and last revised on 30 November 2024. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.
nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
dom4j.github.io (Web)
github.com (Package)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
Details
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| org.dom4j:dom4j | — | — |
References
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