First published: Mon Mar 11 2019(Updated: )
Checkstyle before 8.18 loads external DTDs by default.
Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Checkstyle | <8.18 | |
Debian | =8.0 | |
Fedora | =28 | |
Fedora | =29 |
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CVE-2019-9658 is considered a medium severity vulnerability.
To fix CVE-2019-9658, upgrade Checkstyle to version 8.18 or later.
CVE-2019-9658 affects Checkstyle versions prior to 8.18 and certain Debian and Fedora Linux distributions.
CVE-2019-9658 exploits the default loading of external DTDs in Checkstyle.
No, CVE-2019-9658 is not classified as a remote code execution vulnerability.