It was found that the default context parameters as provided to RESTEasy deployments by JBoss EAP did not explicitly disable external entity expansion for RESTEasy. A remote attacker could use this flaw to perform XML External Entity (XXE) attacks on RESTEasy applications accepting XML input.
Find out more about CVE-2014-3481 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| 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 |
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| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.2 | RHSA-2014:0797 | 2014-06-26 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 for RHEL 6 Server (jboss-as-jaxrs) | RHSA-2014:0799 | 2014-06-26 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 for RHEL 5 Server (jboss-as-jaxrs) | RHSA-2014:0798 | 2014-06-26 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat JBoss Portal Platform 6 | jboss-as-jaxrs | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3 | jboss-as-jaxrs | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 | jboss-as-jaxrs | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6 | jboss-as-jaxrs | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 6 | jboss-as-jaxrs | Will not fix |
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