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XML External Entity (XXE) Injection Affecting tomcat-admin-webapps package, versions <0:7.0.42-6.el7_0

Severity

medium

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.13% (48th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-TOMCATADMINWEBAPPS-2032061
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 27 May 2014
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Introduced: 27 May 2014

CVE-2014-0096 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-611 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 tomcat-admin-webapps to version 0:7.0.42-6.el7_0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tomcat-admin-webapps package and not the tomcat-admin-webapps package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

java/org/apache/catalina/servlets/DefaultServlet.java in the default servlet in Apache Tomcat before 6.0.40, 7.x before 7.0.53, and 8.x before 8.0.4 does not properly restrict XSLT stylesheets, which allows remote attackers to bypass security-manager restrictions and read arbitrary files via a crafted web application that provides an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

3.1 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    High
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    None
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NVD

4.3 medium
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Red Hat

3.1 low