CVE-2017-15691

N/A

Published: April 26, 2018 at 05:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:08 AM UTC

4 products affected across 1 vendorUimajUimaduccUimafit

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 9%

Description

In Apache uimaj prior to 2.10.2, Apache uimaj 3.0.0-xxx prior to 3.0.0-beta, Apache uima-as prior to 2.10.2, Apache uimaFIT prior to 2.4.0, Apache uimaDUCC prior to 2.2.2, this vulnerability relates to an XML external entity expansion (XXE) capability of various XML parsers. UIMA as part of its configuration and operation may read XML from various sources, which could be tainted in ways to cause inadvertent disclosure of local files or other internal content.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Uima As · Apache

95%

v < 2.10.2

Affected range stops below 2.10.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Uimaducc · Apache

95%

v < 2.2.2

Affected range stops below 2.2.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Uimafit · Apache

95%

v < 2.4.0

Affected range stops below 2.4.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Uimaj · Apachemaven

95%

v < 2.10.2v < 2.2.2v < 2.4.0v < 3.0.0-beta3.0.0 3.0.0 alpha 3.0.0 alpha2

Affected range stops below 2.10.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 2.2.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 2.4.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 3.0.0-beta, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (3)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT

Source: [email protected]

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1545

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST

Source: [email protected]

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/00407c65738e625a8cc9d732923a4ab2d8299603cc7c7e5cc2da9c79%40%3Ccommits.uima.apache.org%3E

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://uima.apache.org/security_report#CVE-2017-15691

CVSS

4MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: PARTIAL
Integrity: NONE
Availability: NONE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-611

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