CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-2401

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Published: Jul 21, 2021 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Vulnerability in the Oracle BI Publisher product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: E-Business Suite - XDO). Supported versions that are affected are 5.5.0.0.0, 11.1.1.9.0, 12.2.1.3.0 and 12.2.1.4.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle BI Publisher. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle BI Publisher accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.3 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N).

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
Bi_publisher Oracle 5.5.0.0.0 (including) 5.5.0.0.0 (including)
Bi_publisher Oracle 11.1.1.9.0 (including) 11.1.1.9.0 (including)
Bi_publisher Oracle 12.2.1.3.0 (including) 12.2.1.3.0 (including)
Bi_publisher Oracle 12.2.1.4.0 (including) 12.2.1.4.0 (including)

Potential Mitigations

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