Input validation error in Zend Framework - CVE-2012-3363
Published: February 13, 2013 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU43093
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-3363
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vendor: Zend
Affected software:
Zend Framework
Zend Framework
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
Zend_XmlRpc in Zend Framework 1.x before 1.11.12 and 1.12.x before 1.12.0 does not properly handle SimpleXMLElement classes, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or create TCP connections via an external entity reference in a DOCTYPE element in an XML-RPC request, aka an XML external entity (XXE) injection attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2012-3363
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://framework.zend.com/security/advisory/ZF2012-01
- http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-34284
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101310.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101358.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/25/2
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2505
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/26/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/26/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/27/2
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027208
- https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=225345
- https://www.sec-consult.com/files/20120626-0_zend_framework_xxe_injection.txt