Bug 1550353 (CVE-2017-18197)

Summary: CVE-2017-18197 jgraphx: XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in mxGraphViewImageReader.java:convert()
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Sam Fowler <sfowler>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: c.david86, hhorak, jerboaa, jorton, lkundrak, sgehwolf
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Fixed In Version: jgraphx 3.7.6 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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Bug Depends On: 1550354, 1550355, 1553282, 1553284    
Bug Blocks: 1550357    

Description Sam Fowler 2018-03-01 04:30:34 UTC
In jgraphx (mxGraph) before 3.7.6, the SAXParserFactory instance in mxGraphViewImageReader.java:convert() is missing flags to prevent XML External Entity (XXE) attacks.

Upstream Issue:

https://github.com/jgraph/mxgraph/issues/124

Upstream Commit:

https://bitbucket.org/jgraph/mxgraph2/commits/7d159ca3259b961cbb1c51b4ea42cb408c624ff1

Comment 1 Sam Fowler 2018-03-01 04:30:59 UTC
Created jgraphx tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1550354]
Affects: epel-6 [bug 1550355]