SB2021062143 - SSRF in Apache XmlGraphics Commons
Published: June 21, 2021
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-11988)
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform SSRF attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input within the XMPParser in Apache XmlGraphics Commons. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and trick the application to initiate requests to arbitrary systems.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker gain access to sensitive data, located in the local network or send malicious requests to other servers from the vulnerable system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2877ae10e8be56a3c52d03e373512ddd32f16b863f24c2e22f5a5ba2@%3Cdev.poi.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r588d05a0790b40a0eb81088252e1e8c1efb99706631421f17038eb05@%3Cdev.poi.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra8f4d6ae402ec020ee3e8c28632c91be131c4d8b4c9c6756a179b12b@%3Cdev.jmeter.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/22HESSYU7T4D6GGENUVEX3X3H6FGBECH/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JP4XA56DA3BFNRBBLBXM6ZAI5RUVFA33/
- https://xmlgraphics.apache.org/security.html