Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Apache Tomcat - CVE-2014-0096

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Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Apache Tomcat - CVE-2014-0096

Published: June 21, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU64550
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0096
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exists due java/org/apache/catalina/servlets/DefaultServlet.java in the default servlet in Apache Tomcat does not properly restrict XSLT stylesheets. A remote attacker can bypass security-manager restrictions and read arbitrary files via a crafted web application that provides an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.


Affected software

Apache Tomcat
OpenVMS CSWS_Java
HP-UX Web Server Suite
Fedora
tomcat

How to mitigate CVE-2014-0096

Install updates from vendor's website.

Apache Tomcat - addressed in versions 6.0.40, 7.0.53, 8.0.4
HP-UX Web Server Suite - update to 4.02
tomcat - update to 7.0.59-1.fc21

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