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CVE-2012-0037

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Published: Jun 17, 2012 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
6.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
6.8 IMPORTANT
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0037
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/611.html

Redland Raptor (aka libraptor) before 2.0.7, as used by OpenOffice 3.3 and 3.4 Beta, LibreOffice before 3.4.6 and 3.5.x before 3.5.1, and other products, allows user-assisted remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted XML external entity (XXE) declaration and reference in an RDF document.

Weakness

The product processes an XML document that can contain XML entities with URIs that resolve to documents outside of the intended sphere of control, causing the product to embed incorrect documents into its output.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
RaptorLibrdf*2.0.7 (excluding)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatopenoffice.org-1:3.1.1-19.10.el5_8.1*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatraptor-0:1.4.18-5.el6_2.1*
LibreofficeUbuntuupstream*
Openoffice.orgUbuntuhardy*
Openoffice.orgUbuntumaverick*
RaptorUbuntuhardy*
RaptorUbuntulucid*
RaptorUbuntumaverick*
RaptorUbuntunatty*
RaptorUbuntuoneiric*
RaptorUbuntuprecise*
RaptorUbuntuquantal*
RaptorUbuntuupstream*
Raptor2Ubuntuprecise*
Raptor2Ubuntuupstream*

Potential Mitigations

References

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