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ubuntu-cve-2018-1000652

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2018-08-20 19:31

Modified

2025-10-24 04:47

Summary

Details

JabRef version <=4.3.1 contains a XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in MsBibImporter XML Parser that can result in disclosure of confidential data, denial of service, server side request forgery, port scanning. This attack appear to be exploitable via Specially crafted MsBib file. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in after commit 89f855d.

Severity

10.0 (Critical)


                    
                      CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1000652	REPORT
	https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/4229	REPORT
	https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/commit/89f855d76…	REPORT
	https://0dd.zone/2018/08/08/JabRef-XXE/	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-1000652	REPORT

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CVE-2018-1000652 (GCVE-0-2018-1000652)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-08-20 19:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 17:18

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/4229	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://0dd.zone/2018/08/08/JabRef-XXE/	x_refsource_MISC

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