DEBIAN-CVE-2020-10683

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-10683
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-10683.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-10683
Upstream
Published
2020-05-01T19:15:12Z
Modified
2025-09-25T22:40:48Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

dom4j before 2.0.3 and 2.1.x before 2.1.3 allows external DTDs and External Entities by default, which might enable XXE attacks. However, there is popular external documentation from OWASP showing how to enable the safe, non-default behavior in any application that uses dom4j.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / dom4j

Package

Name
dom4j
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/dom4j?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.1.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / dom4j

Package

Name
dom4j
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/dom4j?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.1.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / dom4j

Package

Name
dom4j
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/dom4j?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.1.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / dom4j

Package

Name
dom4j
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/dom4j?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.1.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}