Posted by Ron E on Jan 05
Bio-Formats contains an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in the
Leica Microsystems metadata parsing component. The vulnerability is caused
by the use of an insecurely configured DocumentBuilderFactory when
processing Leica XML-based metadata files (e.g., XLEF). When a crafted XML
file is supplied, the parser allows external entity resolution and external
DTD loading, enabling attackers to trigger arbitrary outbound network
requests, access…
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