CVE-2019-13990 XML external entity injection in Terracotta Quartz Scheduler

Critical 9.8 Published Updated

An attacker can exploit an XML External Entity vulnerability in the Quartz Scheduler library to read sensitive files or cause denial of service.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2019-13990?

CVE-2019-13990 is a critical vulnerability in Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager, published on 26 Jul 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

initDocumentParser in xml/XMLSchedulingDataProcessor.java in Terracotta Quartz Scheduler through 2.3.0 allows XXE attacks via a job description.

Weakness: CWE-611

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-13990?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.quartz-scheduler:quartz. It affects 31 products.

PackageAffectedFixed in
org.quartz-scheduler:quartz MavenAll versions2.3.2
org.quartz-scheduler:quartz MavenAll versions2.3.2
Linux distribution packages (2)
quartz SUSE:Manager Server 3.2All versions2.3.0-14.3.1
quartz SUSE:Manager Server Module 4.0All versions2.3.0-4.3.1

Products include Apache Tomee, Atlassian Jira Service Management, Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager, Netapp Cloud Secure Agent, Oracle Apache Batik Mapviewer, Oracle Banking Enterprise Originations and 25 more.

How do I fix CVE-2019-13990?

Upgrade org.quartz-scheduler:quartz to 2.3.2 or later.

Is CVE-2019-13990 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-13990 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

All Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as CLSA-2026-1778028240, DEBIAN-CVE-2019-13990, GHSA-9qcf-c26r-x5rf, MGASA-2021-0133, SUSE-SU-2020:0984-1, SUSE-SU-2020:1009-1 and 1 more.

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