XML External Entity (XXE) Injection Affecting libspring-java package, versions <3.0.6.RELEASE-13ubuntu0.1~esm1
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- published25 May 2017
- disclosed25 May 2017
Introduced: 25 May 2017
CVE-2014-0225 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 libspring-java to version 3.0.6.RELEASE-13ubuntu0.1~esm1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libspring-java package and not the libspring-java package as distributed by Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
When processing user provided XML documents, the Spring Framework 4.0.0 to 4.0.4, 3.0.0 to 3.2.8, and possibly earlier unsupported versions did not disable by default the resolution of URI references in a DTD declaration. This enabled an XXE attack.