Where
AND
-Infinity
0
Severity
5
Infoleak
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

RESTEasy permits XXE (XML eXternal Entity) attacks. If a RESTEasy endpoint is deployed, a user can submit a request containing an external XML entity. This XML entity will be resolved, allowing a remote attacker to read files in the context of the user running the application server. This flaw affects DOM Document, JAXB and Fast Infoset (FI) input.

Upstream bugs: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/RESTEASY-637 https://issues.jboss.org/browse/RESTEASY-647 https://issues.jboss.org/browse/RESTEASY-659

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Source: Red Hat
First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

IssueDescription:

It was found that the fix for CVE-2012-0818 was incomplete: external parameter entities were not disabled when the resteasy.document.expand.entity.references parameter was set to false. 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 XXE attacks.

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Source: Red Hat
First published (updated )

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