Bug 1512827 (CVE-2017-9096)

Summary:	CVE-2017-9096 itext: External entities not disabled
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Andrej Nemec <anemec>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	aileenc, alazarot, andjrobins, anstephe, bkundal, bmaxwell, cdewolf, chazlett, csutherl, darran.lofthouse, dimitris, dosoudil, etirelli, gvarsami, ibek, java-sig-commits, jawilson, jcoleman, jshepherd, kconner, kverlaen, ldimaggi, lgao, lpetrovi, myarboro, nwallace, oget.fedora, paradhya, pavelp, pgier, psakar, pslavice, pszubiak, puntogil, rnetuka, rrajasek, rsvoboda, rsynek, rwagner, rzhang, sdaley, tcunning, tkirby, twalsh, vtunka
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	itext 5.5.12, itext 7.0.3	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
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Last Closed:	2018-04-22 23:55:55 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	1512828
Bug Blocks:	1512829

Description Andrej Nemec 2017-11-14 08:45:47 UTC

The XML parsers in iText before 5.5.12 and 7.x before 7.0.3 do not disable external entities, which might allow remote attackers to conduct XML external entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted PDF.

External References:

https://www.compass-security.com/fileadmin/Datein/Research/Advisories/CSNC-2017-017_itext_xml_external_entity_attack.txt

Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2017-11-14 08:46:11 UTC

Created itext tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1512828]