CVE-2016-6805: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

April 7, 2017 (updated April 13, 2017)

Apache Ignite allows man-in-the-middle attackers to read arbitrary files via XXE in modified update-notifier documents.

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/97509
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6805

Code Behaviors & Features

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