CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-11048

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Published: Aug 10, 2018 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
8.1
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
5.5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Dell EMC Data Protection Advisor, versions 6.2, 6,3, 6.4, 6.5 and Dell EMC Integrated Data Protection Appliance (IDPA) versions 2.0, 2.1 contain a XML External Entity (XXE) Injection vulnerability in the REST API. An authenticated remote malicious user could potentially exploit this vulnerability to read certain system files in the server or cause denial of service by supplying specially crafted Document Type Definitions (DTDs) in an XML request.

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

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Emc_data_protection_advisor Dell 6.2 (including) 6.2 (including)
Emc_data_protection_advisor Dell 6.3 (including) 6.3 (including)
Emc_data_protection_advisor Dell 6.4 (including) 6.4 (including)
Emc_data_protection_advisor Dell 6.5 (including) 6.5 (including)
Emc_integrated_data_protection_appliance Dell 2.0 (including) 2.0 (including)
Emc_integrated_data_protection_appliance Dell 2.1 (including) 2.1 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References