RULE(RULE ID:331175)

Rule General Information
Release Date: 2020-09-15
Rule Name: Apache Cocoon XML External Entity Vulnerability (CVE-2020-11991)
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CVE ID:
Rule Protection Details
Description: When using the StreamGenerator, the code parse a user-provided XML. A specially crafted XML, including external system entities, could be used to access any file on the server system.
Impact: An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to have unspecified effect.
Affected OS: Windows, Linux, Others
Reference: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r77add973ea521185e1a90aca00ba9dae7caa8d8b944d92421702bb54%40%3Cusers.cocoon.apache.org%3E
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11991
Solutions
The vendors have released upgrade patches to fix vulnerabilities, please visit:
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r77add973ea521185e1a90aca00ba9dae7caa8d8b944d92421702bb54%40%3Cusers.cocoon.apache.org%3E