It was found that several XML parsers used by XStream had default settings 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.
Find out more about CVE-2016-3674 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| 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 |
NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| CVSS3 Base Score | 5.3 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| Attack Vector | Network |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | Low |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | None |
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| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | maven30-xstream | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | xstream | Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 | xstream | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss Portal Platform 6 | xstream | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 | xstream | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform 5 | xstream | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 6 | xstream | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6 | xstream | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5 | xstream | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss BPMS 6 | xstream | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6.2.1 | xstream | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | xstream | Will not fix |
| RHEV Manager 3 | jasperreports-server-pro | Will not fix |
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