CVE-2016-15026: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

February 20, 2023 (updated February 22, 2023)

A vulnerability was found in 3breadt dd-plist 1.17 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to xml external entity reference. An attack has to be approached locally. Upgrading to version 1.18 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is 8c954e8d9f6f6863729e50105a8abf3f87fff74c. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. VDB-221486 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

References

github.com/3breadt/dd-plist/commit/8c954e8d9f6f6863729e50105a8abf3f87fff74c
github.com/3breadt/dd-plist/pull/26
github.com/3breadt/dd-plist/releases/tag/dd-plist-1.18
github.com/advisories/GHSA-4jx2-hvqw-93j9
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-15026
vuldb.com/?ctiid.221486
vuldb.com/?id.221486

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