FKIE_CVE-2023-4218

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-11-09 09:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 06:37
Severity
5.0 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
5.0 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
In Eclipse IDE versions < 2023-09 (4.29) some files with xml content are parsed vulnerable against all sorts of XXE attacks. The user just needs to open any evil project or update an open project with a vulnerable file (for example for review a foreign repository or patch).
References
emo@eclipse.orghttps://github.com/eclipse-cdt/cdt/commit/c7169b3186d2fef20f97467c3e2ad78e2943ed1bPatch
emo@eclipse.orghttps://github.com/eclipse-emf/org.eclipse.emf/issues/10Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
emo@eclipse.orghttps://github.com/eclipse-jdt/eclipse.jdt.core/commit/38dd2a878f45cdb3d8d52090f1d6d1b532fd4c4dPatch
emo@eclipse.orghttps://github.com/eclipse-jdt/eclipse.jdt.ui/commit/13675b1f8a74f47de4da89ed0ded6af7c21dfbecPatch
emo@eclipse.orghttps://github.com/eclipse-pde/eclipse.pde/pull/632/Patch
emo@eclipse.orghttps://github.com/eclipse-pde/eclipse.pde/pull/667/Patch
emo@eclipse.orghttps://github.com/eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform.releng.buildtools/pull/45Patch
emo@eclipse.orghttps://github.com/eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform.swt/commit/bf71db5ddcb967c0863dad4745367b54f49e06baPatch
emo@eclipse.orghttps://github.com/eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform.ui/commit/f243cf0a28785b89b7c50bf4e1cce48a917d89bdPatch
emo@eclipse.orghttps://github.com/eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform/pull/761Patch
emo@eclipse.orghttps://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/vulnerability-reports/-/issues/8Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/eclipse-cdt/cdt/commit/c7169b3186d2fef20f97467c3e2ad78e2943ed1bPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/eclipse-emf/org.eclipse.emf/issues/10Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/eclipse-jdt/eclipse.jdt.core/commit/38dd2a878f45cdb3d8d52090f1d6d1b532fd4c4dPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/eclipse-jdt/eclipse.jdt.ui/commit/13675b1f8a74f47de4da89ed0ded6af7c21dfbecPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/eclipse-pde/eclipse.pde/pull/632/Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/eclipse-pde/eclipse.pde/pull/667/Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform.releng.buildtools/pull/45Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform.swt/commit/bf71db5ddcb967c0863dad4745367b54f49e06baPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform.ui/commit/f243cf0a28785b89b7c50bf4e1cce48a917d89bdPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform/pull/761Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/vulnerability-reports/-/issues/8Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
eclipse eclipse_ide *
eclipse org.eclipse.core.runtime *
eclipse pde *
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