Bug#1144952: rdf4j: CVE-2018-1000644

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: rdf4j
Version: 3.7.7+ds-1
Severity: grave
Tags: security upstream
Forwarded: https://github.com/eclipse-rdf4j/rdf4j/issues/1056
X-Debbugs-Cc: carnil at debian.org, Debian Security Team <team at security.debian.org>

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for rdf4j.

CVE-2018-1000644[0]:
| Eclipse RDF4j version < 2.4.0 Milestone 2 contains a XML External
| Entity (XXE) vulnerability in RDF4j XML parser parsing RDF files
| that can result in the disclosure of confidential data, denial of
| service, server side request forgery, port scanning. This attack
| appear to be exploitable via Specially crafted RDF file.

Please note that the issue recently got a second CVE assigned,
CVE-2026-15803 for an incomplete fix of the original CVE-2018-1000644.
So once fixing this issue, make sure to fix it completely following
[3].

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-1000644
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-1000644
[1] https://github.com/eclipse-rdf4j/rdf4j/issues/1056
[2] https://github.com/eclipse-rdf4j/rdf4j/commit/50f2f51950227a4ec595a2922d81da487aba5135
[3] https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/cve-assignment/-/work_items/175

Regards,
Salvatore