ubuntu-cve-2023-4218
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2023-11-09 09:15
Modified
2025-10-24 05:01
Summary
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).

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
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "eclipse",
            "binary_version": "3.8.1-8"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "eclipse-jdt",
            "binary_version": "3.8.1-8"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "eclipse-pde",
            "binary_version": "3.8.1-8"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "eclipse-platform",
            "binary_version": "3.8.1-8"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "eclipse-platform-data",
            "binary_version": "3.8.1-8"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "eclipse-rcp",
            "binary_version": "3.8.1-8"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libequinox-osgi-java",
            "binary_version": "3.8.1-8"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "eclipse",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/eclipse@3.8.1-8?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "3.8.1-8"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "eclipse",
            "binary_version": "3.8.1-11"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "eclipse-jdt",
            "binary_version": "3.8.1-11"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "eclipse-pde",
            "binary_version": "3.8.1-11"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "eclipse-platform",
            "binary_version": "3.8.1-11"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "eclipse-platform-data",
            "binary_version": "3.8.1-11"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "eclipse-rcp",
            "binary_version": "3.8.1-11"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
        "name": "eclipse",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/eclipse@3.8.1-11?arch=source\u0026distro=bionic"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "3.8.1-10",
        "3.8.1-11"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "In Eclipse IDE versions \u003c 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).",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2023-4218",
  "modified": "2025-10-24T05:01:31Z",
  "published": "2023-11-09T09:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-4218"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/vulnerability-reports/-/issues/8"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/eclipse-pde/eclipse.pde/pull/632/"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/eclipse-pde/eclipse.pde/pull/667/"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform/pull/761"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform.releng.buildtools/pull/45"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform.ui/commit/f243cf0a28785b89b7c50bf4e1cce48a917d89bd"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/eclipse-jdt/eclipse.jdt.ui/commit/13675b1f8a74f47de4da89ed0ded6af7c21dfbec"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/eclipse-jdt/eclipse.jdt.core/commit/38dd2a878f45cdb3d8d52090f1d6d1b532fd4c4d"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/eclipse-emf/org.eclipse.emf/issues/10"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform.swt/commit/bf71db5ddcb967c0863dad4745367b54f49e06ba"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/eclipse-cdt/cdt/commit/c7169b3186d2fef20f97467c3e2ad78e2943ed1b"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4218"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2023-4218"
  ]
}



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