Description: An XML external entity (XXE) injection vulnerability was discovered in the Nutch DmozParser and is known to affect Nutch versions < 1.18. XML external entity injection (also known as XXE) is a web security vulnerability that allows an attacker to interfere with an application's processing of XML data. It often allows an attacker to view files on the application server filesystem, and to interact with any back-end or external systems that the application itself can access.
Fix: This issue was tracked, fixed and resolved in https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NUTCH-2841 Actions: To avoid this vulnerability users consuming Apache Nutch must upgrade to Nutch 1.18. See the Nutch downloads page for more details http://nutch.apache.org/downloads.html Credit: The Apache Nutch Project Management Committee would like to thank Martin Heyden for reporting this issue to the Apache Security Team. We are indebted. Further support: Contact the Apache Nutch PMC via our mailing lists http://nutch.apache.org/mailing_lists.html -- http://home.apache.org/~lewismc/ http://people.apache.org/keys/committer/lewismc
