Bug 1527789 - translate-toolkit: Maliciously crafted .XLF files can result arbitrary file read and potential code exection
Summary: translate-toolkit: Maliciously crafted .XLF files can result arbitrary file r...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1527790
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-12-20 06:15 UTC by Sam Fowler
Modified: 2021-10-21 11:58 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: translate-toolkit 2.2.0
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Last Closed: 2021-10-21 11:58:33 UTC
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Description Sam Fowler 2017-12-20 06:15:13 UTC 
translate-toolkit before version 2.2.0 is vulnerable to XML External Entity Execution. An attacker could exploit this by supplying a maliciously crafted .XLF file causing an arbitrary file read or potential arbitrary code execution.

References:
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1073535
https://github.com/translate/translate/pull/3632/files
https://hackerone.com/reports/232614
Comment 1 Sam Fowler 2017-12-20 06:15:45 UTC 
Created translate-toolkit tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 1527790]
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