It was found that the RESTEasy DocumentProvider did not set the external-parameter-entities and external-general-entities features appropriately, thus allowing external entity expansion. A remote attacker able to send XML requests to a RESTEasy endpoint could use this flaw to read files accessible to the user running the application server, and potentially perform other more advanced XML eXternal Entity (XXE) attacks.
Find out more about CVE-2014-7839 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Red Hat Web Framework Kit has moved out of maintenance phase and is no longer supported by Red Hat Product Security. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in any future updates. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat JBoss Middleware Product Update and Support Policy: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/jboss_notes/
| 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 6.3 for RHEL 7 Server (resteasy) | RHSA-2015:0218 | 2015-02-11 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 for RHEL 5 Server (resteasy) | RHSA-2015:0216 | 2015-02-11 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.3 | RHSA-2015:0215 | 2015-02-11 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 for RHEL 6 Server (resteasy) | RHSA-2015:0217 | 2015-02-11 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1 | resteasy | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1 | candlepin | Not affected |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | resteasy | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss Portal Platform 6 | resteasy | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss Portal 5 | resteasy | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3 | resteasy | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 | resteasy | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform 5 | resteasy | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 5 | resteasy | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6 | resteasy | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 6 | resteasy | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6 | resteasy | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5 | resteasy | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss BPMS 6 | resteasy | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | resteasy-base | Will not fix |
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