CVE-2018-1000069 XML external entity in n/a

What is CVE-2018-1000069?

CVE-2018-1000069 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 13 Mar 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

FreePlane version 1.5.9 and earlier contains a XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in XML Parser in mindmap loader that can result in stealing data from victim's machine. This attack appears to require the victim to open a specially crafted mind map file. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.6+.

Weakness: CWE-611

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-1000069?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Freeplane Freeplane.

How do I fix CVE-2018-1000069?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2018-1000069 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1000069 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-1000069, DLA-1316-1, DSA-4175-1, GHSA-8hf8-chvw-73m9, MGASA-2018-0210, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000069.