CVE-2019-9658 (Medium) detected in checkstyle-8.1.jar

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CVE-2019-9658 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - checkstyle-8.1.jar

Checkstyle is a development tool to help programmers write Java code that adheres to a coding standard

Library home page: http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/

Path to dependency file: cruise-control

Path to vulnerable library: 20200424201753/downloadResource_21d599a1-8ca1-402e-8a49-135ee7c56df5/20200424202342/checkstyle-8.1.jar,20200424201753/downloadResource_21d599a1-8ca1-402e-8a49-135ee7c56df5/20200424202342/checkstyle-8.1.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• ❌ checkstyle-8.1.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 130269f9bed666f5f4862855f315e3bba96ac225

Vulnerability Details

Checkstyle before 8.18 loads external DTDs by default.

Publish Date: 2019-03-11

URL: CVE-2019-9658

CVSS 3 Score Details (5.3)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: Low
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: None

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: checkstyle/checkstyle#6474

Release Date: 2019-03-11

Fix Resolution: checkstyle-8.18

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