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ubuntu-cve-2020-36641

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2023-01-05 12:15

Modified

2026-05-20 14:52

Summary

Details

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in gturri aXMLRPC up to 1.12.0. This vulnerability affects the function ResponseParser of the file src/main/java/de/timroes/axmlrpc/ResponseParser.java. The manipulation leads to xml external entity reference. Upgrading to version 1.14.0 is able to address this issue. The patch is identified as 456752ebc1ef4c0db980cb5b01a0b3cd0a9e0bae. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. VDB-217450 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

Severity

5.5 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

9.8 (Critical)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-36641	REPORT
	https://github.com/gturri/aXMLRPC/releases/tag/aX…	REPORT
	https://github.com/gturri/aXMLRPC/commit/ad6615b3…	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-36641	REPORT

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  ]
}

CVE-2020-36641 (GCVE-0-2020-36641)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-01-05 11:29 – Updated: 2024-08-04 17:30

Title

gturri aXMLRPC ResponseParser.java ResponseParser xml external entity reference

Summary

Severity

5.5 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

5.5 (Medium)


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

CWE

CWE-611 - XML External Entity Reference

Assigner

VulDB

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://vuldb.com/?id.217450	vdb-entrytechnical-description
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.217450	signaturepermissions-required
https://github.com/gturri/aXMLRPC/commit/456752eb…	patch
https://github.com/gturri/aXMLRPC/releases/tag/aX…	patch

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
gturri	aXMLRPC	Affected: 1.0 Affected: 1.1 Affected: 1.2 Affected: 1.3 Affected: 1.4 Affected: 1.5 Affected: 1.6 Affected: 1.7 Affected: 1.8 Affected: 1.9 Affected: 1.10 Affected: 1.11 Affected: 1.12

Credits

gturri (VulDB User)

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

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Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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ubuntu-cve-2020-36641

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2020-36641 (GCVE-0-2020-36641)

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