FKIE_CVE-2018-12243

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-09-19 15:29 - Updated: 2024-11-21 03:44
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
The Symantec Messaging Gateway product prior to 10.6.6 may be susceptible to a XML external entity (XXE) exploit, which is a type of issue where XML input containing a reference to an external entity is processed by a weakly configured XML parser. The attack uses file URI schemes or relative paths in the system identifier to access files that should not normally be accessible.
References
secure@symantec.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105330Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secure@symantec.comhttps://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1461.htmlMitigation, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105330Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1461.htmlMitigation, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
symantec messaging_gateway *
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  "lastModified": "2024-11-21T03:44:50.910",
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