CVE-2017-8315

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2017-12-04
CWE:
CWE-611
Bugzilla:
1572380: CVE-2017-8315 eclipse-andmore: XML External Entity attack in AndroidManifest.xml parsing

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Eclipse XML parser for the Eclipse IDE versions 2017.2.5 and earlier was found vulnerable to an XML External Entity attack. An attacker can exploit the vulnerability by implementing malicious code on Androidmanifest.xml.

Find out more about CVE-2017-8315 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 5.6
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Impact Low
Availability Impact Low

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux rh-eclipse46-eclipse Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 eclipse Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 eclipse Not affected

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