XML External Entity (XXE) Injection Affecting resteasy-base-tjws package, versions <0:2.3.5-3.el7_0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.88% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-RESTEASYBASETJWS-4470497
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed23 Jul 2014

Introduced: 23 Jul 2014

CVE-2014-3490  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-611  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 resteasy-base-tjws to version 0:2.3.5-3.el7_0 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2014:1011.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream resteasy-base-tjws package and not the resteasy-base-tjws package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

RESTEasy 2.3.1 before 2.3.8.SP2 and 3.x before 3.0.9, as used in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 6.3.0, does not disable external entities when the resteasy.document.expand.entity.references parameter is set to false, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and have other unspecified impact via unspecified vectors, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-0818.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1