Improper Input Validation Affecting resteasy package, versions <3.0.6-2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.96% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-RESTEASY-280317
  • published25 Nov 2014
  • disclosed25 Nov 2014

Introduced: 25 Nov 2014

CVE-2014-7839  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 resteasy to version 3.0.6-2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream resteasy package and not the resteasy package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

DocumentProvider in RESTEasy 2.3.7 and 3.0.9 does not configure the (1) external-general-entities or (2) external-parameter-entities features, which allows remote attackers to conduct XML external entity (XXE) attacks via unspecified vectors.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1