CVE-2014-3530

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2014-3530  

It was found that the implementation of the org.picketlink.common.util.DocumentUtil.getDocumentBuilderFactory() method provided a DocumentBuilderFactory that would expand entity references. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could use this flaw to read files accessible to the user running the application server, and potentially perform other more advanced XXE attacks.

It was found that the implementation of the org.picketlink.common.util.DocumentUtil.getDocumentBuilderFactory() method provided a DocumentBuilderFactory that would expand entity references. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could use this flaw to read files accessible to the user running the application server, and potentially perform other more advanced XXE attacks.

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Statement

This flaw could allow remote, unauthenticated attackers to read files accessible to the user running the application server, and potentially perform other more advanced XXE attacks. All systems hosting PicketLink applications using SAML Identity Providers and Service Providers may be affected. It is strongly advised that anyone running an affected system applies patches to address this flaw.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 7.5
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 4 AS (picketlink-federation) RHSA-2014:0885 2014-07-15
Red Hat JBoss Web Platform 5 for RHEL 5 Server (picketlink-federation) RHSA-2014:0898 2014-07-16
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 6 Server (picketlink-federation) RHSA-2014:0885 2014-07-15
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 for RHEL 5 Server (picketlink-federation) RHSA-2014:0883 2014-07-15
Red Hat JBoss Web Platform 5 for RHEL 4 AS (picketlink-federation) RHSA-2014:0898 2014-07-16
Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3.2 RHSA-2014:0910 2014-07-21
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 5 Server (picketlink-federation) RHSA-2014:0885 2014-07-15
Red Hat JBoss Web Platform 5 for RHEL 6 Server (picketlink-federation) RHSA-2014:0898 2014-07-16
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 for RHEL 6 Server (picketlink-federation) RHSA-2014:0883 2014-07-15

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat JBoss Portal Platform 6 picketlink Affected
Red Hat JBoss Portal 5 picketlink Affected
Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 picketlink Affected
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform 5 picketlink Affected
Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 picketlink Affected
Red Hat JBoss EAP 5 picketlink Affected
Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6 picketlink Affected
Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 6 picketlink Affected
Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6 picketlink Affected
Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5 picketlink Will not fix
Red Hat JBoss BPMS 6 picketlink Affected

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank Alexander Papadakis for reporting this issue.