SB2017072509 - XML External Entity injection in Artemis

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.

1) XML External Entity injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-3208)

CWE-ID: CWE-611 - Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE')

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied XML input when the XPath selector component allows use of External Entities. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted XML code to the affected application and have unspecified impact via unknown vectors.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://github.com/apache/activemq-artemis/commit/48d9951d879e0c8cbb59d4b64ab59d53ef88310d
• https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARTEMIS-112