Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2011-5245 |
CWE-ID | CWE-200 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
Resteasy Other software / Other software solutions |
Vendor | resteasy |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU43306
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-5245
CWE-ID:
CWE-200 - Information exposure
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The readFrom function in providers.jaxb.JAXBXmlTypeProvider in RESTEasy before 2.3.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an external entity reference in a Java Architecture for XML Binding (JAXB) input, aka an XML external entity (XXE) injection attack, a similar vulnerability to CVE-2012-0818.
MitigationInstall update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsResteasy: 1.0.0 - 2.3.0
External linkshttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0441.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0519.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1056.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1057.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1058.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1059.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1125.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0371.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0372.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/47832
http://secunia.com/advisories/50084
http://secunia.com/advisories/57716
http://secunia.com/advisories/57719
http://www.osvdb.org/78680
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51766
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=785631
http://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72808
http://issues.jboss.org/browse/RESTEASY/fixforversion/12318708
http://issues.jboss.org/browse/RESTEASY-647
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.