The Jaxb2RootElementHttpMessageConverter in Spring MVC in Spring Framework before 3.2.8 and 4.0.0 before 4.0.2 does not disable external entity resolution, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, cause a denial of service, and conduct CSRF attacks via crafted XML, aka an XML External Entity (XXE) issue. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-4152, CVE-2013-7315, and CVE-2013-6429.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2014-0054 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact. OpenShift Enterprise 1 is currently in the Production 1 phase of its lifecycle, as such this issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Satellite Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/site/support/policy/updates/openshift page.
| Base Score | 5 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | None |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6.1 | RHSA-2014:0400 | 2014-04-14 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 | spring-web | Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 1 | spring-web | Will not fix |
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