CVE-2019-9658 (Medium) detected in checkstyle-6.18.jar

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CVE-2019-9658 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - checkstyle-6.18.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/

Dependency Hierarchy:

• ❌ checkstyle-6.18.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: ba8cd9078c8ce0cb202767d627706711237abf71

Found in base branch: main

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

Release Date: 2019-03-11

Fix Resolution: 8.18

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