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Arbitrary File Read Affecting org.apache.tomcat:catalina package, versions [6,6.0.40)

0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.13% (47th percentile)
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NVD
4.3 medium
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Red Hat
3.1 low

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHETOMCAT-30847
  • published 8 Sep 2014
  • disclosed 31 May 2014
  • credit Unknown
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Introduced: 31 May 2014

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Overview

org.apache.tomcat:catalina 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.

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