CVE-2008-0628
First published: Wed Feb 06 2008(Updated: )
The XML parsing code in Sun Java Runtime Environment JDK and JRE 6 Update 3 and earlier processes external entity references even when the "external general entities" property is false, which allows remote attackers to conduct XML external entity (XXE) attacks and cause a denial of service or access restricted resources.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Sun JRE | <=1.6.0 | |
| Sun JDK | =1.6 |
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Reference Links
- http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2007-002.html
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-231246-1
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019292
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28746
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3621
- http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/277
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27553
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29841
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-20.xml
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-28.xml
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0245.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29858
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30780
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200806-11.xml
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1252
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0371
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9847
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487434/100/0/threaded
- collector/nvd-historical
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/severity
- agent/author
- agent/weakness
- agent/references
- agent/type
- agent/description
- agent/event
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/remedy
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/tags
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- vendor/sun
- canonical/sun jre
- version/sun jre/1.6.0
- canonical/sun jdk
- version/sun jdk/1.6