UBUNTU-CVE-2023-4218
- Source
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-4218
- Import Source
- https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-4218.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-4218
- Upstream
- Published
- 2023-11-09T09:15:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-07-16T07:46:18.416077Z
- Severity
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- 5.0 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
- 5.0 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Ubuntu - medium
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
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
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- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-4218
- https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/vulnerability-reports/-/issues/8
- https://github.com/eclipse-pde/eclipse.pde/pull/632/
- https://github.com/eclipse-pde/eclipse.pde/pull/667/
- https://github.com/eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform/pull/761
- https://github.com/eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform.releng.buildtools/pull/45
- https://github.com/eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform.ui/commit/f243cf0a28785b89b7c50bf4e1cce48a917d89bd
- https://github.com/eclipse-jdt/eclipse.jdt.ui/commit/13675b1f8a74f47de4da89ed0ded6af7c21dfbec
- https://github.com/eclipse-jdt/eclipse.jdt.core/commit/38dd2a878f45cdb3d8d52090f1d6d1b532fd4c4d
- https://github.com/eclipse-emf/org.eclipse.emf/issues/10
- https://github.com/eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform.swt/commit/bf71db5ddcb967c0863dad4745367b54f49e06ba
- https://github.com/eclipse-cdt/cdt/commit/c7169b3186d2fef20f97467c3e2ad78e2943ed1b
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4218