CVE-2015-1832: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

October 3, 2016 (updated April 23, 2019)

XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in the SqlXmlUtil code in Apache Derby, when a Java Security Manager is not in place, allows context-dependent attackers to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via vectors involving XmlVTI and the XML datatype.

References

issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-6807

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